#8e9174

Color #8e9174

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 17.26 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8e9174

RGB

rgb(142, 145, 116)

HSL

hsl(66.2, 11.6%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.2, 20%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 20%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(59.22, -6.29, 15.06)

LCH

lch(59.22, 16.32, 112.67)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.0416, 112.31)

HWB

hwb(66.2, 45.5%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#777491

Analogous

#918674

#8e9174

#809174

Triadic

#8e9174

#748e91

#91748e

Split-complementary

#8e9174

#748091

#867491

Tetradic

#8e9174

#749177

#777491

#91748e

Square

#8e9174

#749186

#777491

#917480

Shades

Color #8e9174 mixed toward black.

#777960

#5f614d

#47493a

#303126

#181813

Tints

Color #8e9174 mixed toward white.

#a1a38b

#b4b6a2

#c7c8ba

#d9dad1

#ecede8

Tones

Color #8e9174 mixed toward gray.

#8c8f77

#8a8c79

#888a7b

#86877e

#848580

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f7c · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#8f8f7e · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#8e8283 · ΔE 18.4

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e9174;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e9174]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8e9174 (#8e9174) is rgb(142, 145, 116) in RGB.

No, #8e9174 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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