#8e7f36

Color #8e7f36

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 18.38 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 13.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8e7f36

RGB

rgb(142, 127, 54)

HSL

hsl(49.8, 44.9%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(49.8, 62%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 62%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(53.16, -3.67, 40.85)

LCH

lch(53.16, 41.01, 95.13)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.095, 97.75)

HWB

hwb(49.8, 21.2%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#36458e

Analogous

#8e5336

#8e7f36

#718e36

Triadic

#8e7f36

#368e7f

#7f368e

Split-complementary

#8e7f36

#36718e

#53368e

Tetradic

#8e7f36

#458e36

#36458e

#7f368e

Square

#8e7f36

#368e53

#36458e

#8e3671

Shades

Color #8e7f36 mixed toward black.

#766a2d

#5f5524

#473f1b

#2f2a12

#181509

Tints

Color #8e7f36 mixed toward white.

#b4a144

#c5b567

#d4c88d

#e2dab3

#f1edd9

Tones

Color #8e7f36 mixed toward gray.

#877a3d

#7f7545

#78704c

#716c53

#69675b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888850 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#898a54 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#8d5e61 · ΔE 31.3

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e7f36;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e7f36]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#8e7f36 (#8e7f36) is rgb(142, 127, 54) in RGB.

No, #8e7f36 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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