#8b8b7f

Color #8b8b7f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.87 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8b7f

RGB

rgb(139, 139, 127)

HSL

hsl(60, 4.9%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 8.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.6%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(57.55, -2.26, 6.42)

LCH

lch(57.55, 6.81, 109.39)

OKLCH

oklch(63.3%, 0.0176, 106.89)

HWB

hwb(60, 49.8%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f7f8b

Analogous

#8b857f

#8b8b7f

#858b7f

Triadic

#8b8b7f

#7f8b8b

#8b7f8b

Split-complementary

#8b8b7f

#7f858b

#857f8b

Tetradic

#8b8b7f

#7f8b7f

#7f7f8b

#8b7f8b

Square

#8b8b7f

#7f8b85

#7f7f8b

#8b7f85

Shades

Color #8b8b7f mixed toward black.

#747469

#5d5d54

#46463f

#2f2f2a

#171715

Tints

Color #8b8b7f mixed toward white.

#9e9e94

#b2b2aa

#c5c5bf

#d8d8d4

#ececea

Tones

Color #8b8b7f mixed toward gray.

#8a8a80

#898981

#888882

#878783

#868684

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b82 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#8b8b83 · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#8b8485 · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 6.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8b7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8b7f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8b8b7f (#8b8b7f) is rgb(139, 139, 127) in RGB.

No, #8b8b7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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