#8b7e40

Color #8b7e40

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 19.03 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8b7e40

RGB

rgb(139, 126, 64)

HSL

hsl(49.6, 36.9%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(49.6, 54%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 54%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(52.71, -3.63, 35.2)

LCH

lch(52.71, 35.39, 95.89)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.084, 97.73)

HWB

hwb(49.6, 25.1%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#404d8b

Analogous

#8b5940

#8b7e40

#728b40

Triadic

#8b7e40

#408b7e

#7e408b

Split-complementary

#8b7e40

#40728b

#59408b

Tetradic

#8b7e40

#4d8b40

#404d8b

#7e408b

Square

#8b7e40

#408b59

#404d8b

#8b4072

Shades

Color #8b7e40 mixed toward black.

#746935

#5d542b

#453f20

#2e2a15

#17150b

Tints

Color #8b7e40 mixed toward white.

#ae9e50

#beb173

#cfc596

#dfd8b9

#efecdc

Tones

Color #8b7e40 mixed toward gray.

#857a46

#7e764d

#787253

#726e59

#6c6a5f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868554 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#868758 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#8a6163 · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b7e40;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b7e40]

Related colors

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Khaki #f0e68c

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Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#8b7e40 (#8b7e40) is rgb(139, 126, 64) in RGB.

No, #8b7e40 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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