#8a8a85

Color #8a8a85

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 4.7 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8a85

RGB

rgb(138, 138, 133)

HSL

hsl(60, 2.1%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 3.6%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(57.34, -0.96, 2.67)

LCH

lch(57.34, 2.84, 109.78)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.0073, 106.7)

HWB

hwb(60, 52.2%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85858a

Analogous

#8a8785

#8a8a85

#878a85

Triadic

#8a8a85

#858a8a

#8a858a

Split-complementary

#8a8a85

#85878a

#87858a

Tetradic

#8a8a85

#858a85

#85858a

#8a858a

Square

#8a8a85

#858a87

#85858a

#8a8587

Shades

Color #8a8a85 mixed toward black.

#73736e

#5c5c58

#454542

#2e2e2c

#171716

Tints

Color #8a8a85 mixed toward white.

#9d9d99

#b1b1ae

#c4c4c2

#d8d8d6

#ebebeb

Tones

Color #8a8a85 mixed toward gray.

#898985

#898986

#888887

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a86 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#8a8a87 · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#8a8787 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 2.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8a85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8a85]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a8a85 (#8a8a85) is rgb(138, 138, 133) in RGB.

No, #8a8a85 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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