#8e8b7f

Color #8e8b7f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.08 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8b7f

RGB

rgb(142, 139, 127)

HSL

hsl(48, 6.2%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48, 10.6%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 10.6%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(57.8, -1.11, 6.81)

LCH

lch(57.8, 6.9, 99.26)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.0179, 95.46)

HWB

hwb(48, 49.8%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f828e

Analogous

#8e837f

#8e8b7f

#898e7f

Triadic

#8e8b7f

#7f8e8b

#8b7f8e

Split-complementary

#8e8b7f

#7f898e

#837f8e

Tetradic

#8e8b7f

#828e7f

#7f828e

#8b7f8e

Square

#8e8b7f

#7f8e83

#7f828e

#8e7f89

Shades

Color #8e8b7f mixed toward black.

#777469

#5f5d54

#47463f

#302e2a

#181715

Tints

Color #8e8b7f mixed toward white.

#a19e94

#b4b2aa

#c6c5bf

#d9d8d4

#ececea

Tones

Color #8e8b7f mixed toward gray.

#8d8a80

#8b8981

#8a8983

#898884

#888785

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d82 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#8d8d83 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#8e8485 · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 6.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8b7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8b7f]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#8e8b7f (#8e8b7f) is rgb(142, 139, 127) in RGB.

No, #8e8b7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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