#8e8f5f

Color #8e8f5f

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 19.86 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8f5f

RGB

rgb(142, 143, 95)

HSL

hsl(61.2, 20.2%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.2, 33.6%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 33.6%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(58.25, -8.26, 25.48)

LCH

lch(58.25, 26.79, 107.96)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.0668, 109.14)

HWB

hwb(61.2, 37.3%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#605f8f

Analogous

#8f785f

#8e8f5f

#768f5f

Triadic

#8e8f5f

#5f8e8f

#8f5f8e

Split-complementary

#8e8f5f

#5f768f

#785f8f

Tetradic

#8e8f5f

#5f8f60

#605f8f

#8f5f8e

Square

#8e8f5f

#5f8f78

#605f8f

#8f5f76

Shades

Color #8e8f5f mixed toward black.

#76774f

#5f5f3f

#474830

#2f3020

#181810

Tints

Color #8e8f5f mixed toward white.

#a4a577

#b6b792

#c8c9ad

#dadbc9

#edede4

Tones

Color #8e8f5f mixed toward gray.

#8a8b63

#868767

#83836b

#7f7f6f

#7b7b73

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e6d · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#8e8e70 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#8e7779 · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8f5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8f5f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8e8f5f (#8e8f5f) is rgb(142, 143, 95) in RGB.

No, #8e8f5f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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