#8a8a77

Color #8a8a77

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 11.3 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8a77

RGB

rgb(138, 138, 119)

HSL

hsl(60, 7.5%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 13.8%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 13.8%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(56.99, -3.49, 10.2)

LCH

lch(56.99, 10.78, 108.89)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.0276, 107.26)

HWB

hwb(60, 46.7%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77778a

Analogous

#8a8177

#8a8a77

#818a77

Triadic

#8a8a77

#778a8a

#8a778a

Split-complementary

#8a8a77

#77818a

#81778a

Tetradic

#8a8a77

#778a77

#77778a

#8a778a

Square

#8a8a77

#778a81

#77778a

#8a7781

Shades

Color #8a8a77 mixed toward black.

#737363

#5c5c4f

#45453b

#2e2e28

#171714

Tints

Color #8a8a77 mixed toward white.

#9e9e8e

#b1b1a4

#c5c5bb

#d8d8d2

#ecece8

Tones

Color #8a8a77 mixed toward gray.

#888879

#87877a

#85857c

#84847d

#82827f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a7c · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#8a8a7d · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#8a8080 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 9.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8a77;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8a77]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a8a77 (#8a8a77) is rgb(138, 138, 119) in RGB.

No, #8a8a77 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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