#8a8a7f

Color #8a8a7f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.21 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8a7f

RGB

rgb(138, 138, 127)

HSL

hsl(60, 4.5%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 8%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 8%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(57.19, -2.08, 5.89)

LCH

lch(57.19, 6.25, 109.45)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.0161, 106.97)

HWB

hwb(60, 49.8%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f7f8a

Analogous

#8a857f

#8a8a7f

#858a7f

Triadic

#8a8a7f

#7f8a8a

#8a7f8a

Split-complementary

#8a8a7f

#7f858a

#857f8a

Tetradic

#8a8a7f

#7f8a7f

#7f7f8a

#8a7f8a

Square

#8a8a7f

#7f8a85

#7f7f8a

#8a7f85

Shades

Color #8a8a7f mixed toward black.

#73736a

#5c5c54

#45453f

#2e2e2a

#171715

Tints

Color #8a8a7f mixed toward white.

#9e9e94

#b1b1aa

#c5c5bf

#d8d8d4

#ececea

Tones

Color #8a8a7f mixed toward gray.

#898980

#888881

#878782

#868683

#868684

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a82 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#8a8a82 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#8a8484 · ΔE 7.9

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 5.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8a7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8a7f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a8a7f (#8a8a7f) is rgb(138, 138, 127) in RGB.

No, #8a8a7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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