#8e8550

Color #8e8550

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 19.27 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8550

RGB

rgb(142, 133, 80)

HSL

hsl(51.3, 27.9%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(51.3, 43.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 43.7%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(55.18, -4.59, 29.74)

LCH

lch(55.18, 30.09, 98.77)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.0733, 99.82)

HWB

hwb(51.3, 31.4%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#50598e

Analogous

#8e6650

#8e8550

#788e50

Triadic

#8e8550

#508e85

#85508e

Split-complementary

#8e8550

#50788e

#66508e

Tetradic

#8e8550

#598e50

#50598e

#85508e

Square

#8e8550

#508e66

#50598e

#8e5078

Shades

Color #8e8550 mixed toward black.

#766f43

#5f5935

#474228

#2f2c1b

#18160d

Tints

Color #8e8550 mixed toward white.

#a89f65

#bab284

#cbc5a3

#dcd8c2

#eeece0

Tones

Color #8e8550 mixed toward gray.

#898155

#847e5a

#7e7a5f

#797665

#74736a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a60 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#8b8b64 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#8e6b6d · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8550;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8550]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#8e8550 (#8e8550) is rgb(142, 133, 80) in RGB.

No, #8e8550 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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