#8a8c74

Color #8a8c74

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 14.14 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8c74

RGB

rgb(138, 140, 116)

HSL

hsl(65, 9.4%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65, 17.1%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 17.1%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(57.48, -5.11, 12.6)

LCH

lch(57.48, 13.6, 112.08)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.0348, 111.25)

HWB

hwb(65, 45.5%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#76748c

Analogous

#8c8274

#8a8c74

#7e8c74

Triadic

#8a8c74

#748a8c

#8c748a

Split-complementary

#8a8c74

#747e8c

#82748c

Tetradic

#8a8c74

#748c76

#76748c

#8c748a

Square

#8a8c74

#748c82

#76748c

#8c747e

Shades

Color #8a8c74 mixed toward black.

#737561

#5c5d4d

#45463a

#2e2f27

#171713

Tints

Color #8a8c74 mixed toward white.

#9d9f8b

#b1b2a2

#c4c5ba

#d8d9d1

#ebece8

Tones

Color #8a8c74 mixed toward gray.

#888a76

#878878

#85867a

#83847c

#82827e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b7a · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#8b8b7c · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#8a7f80 · ΔE 16.2

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8c74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8c74]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a8c74 (#8a8c74) is rgb(138, 140, 116) in RGB.

No, #8a8c74 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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