#8a8d79

Color #8a8d79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 12.16 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8d79

RGB

rgb(138, 141, 121)

HSL

hsl(69, 8.1%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69, 14.2%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(57.88, -4.82, 10.31)

LCH

lch(57.88, 11.38, 115.06)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.0293, 114.2)

HWB

hwb(69, 47.5%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c798d

Analogous

#8d8679

#8a8d79

#808d79

Triadic

#8a8d79

#798a8d

#8d798a

Split-complementary

#8a8d79

#79808d

#86798d

Tetradic

#8a8d79

#798d7c

#7c798d

#8d798a

Square

#8a8d79

#798d86

#7c798d

#8d7980

Shades

Color #8a8d79 mixed toward black.

#737664

#5c5e50

#45473c

#2e2f28

#171814

Tints

Color #8a8d79 mixed toward white.

#9ea08f

#b1b3a6

#c5c6bc

#d8d9d2

#ecece9

Tones

Color #8a8d79 mixed toward gray.

#898b7b

#888a7c

#87887e

#858680

#848581

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b7e · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#8b8b7f · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#8a8283 · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 9.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8d79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8d79]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a8d79 (#8a8d79) is rgb(138, 141, 121) in RGB.

No, #8a8d79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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