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#897E4E

#897e4e ≈ Olive

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#897e4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 49.41% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.03% magenta, 43.07% yellow and 46.27% black. Its hue angle is 48.81°, with 27.44% saturation and 42.16% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Olive (#808000), ΔE 10.85.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.2079

Complementary

  1. #897e4e
  2. #4e5989

Split complementary

  1. #897e4e
  2. #4e7789
  3. #614e89

Analogous

  1. #89614e
  2. #897e4e
  3. #77894e

Triadic

  1. #897e4e
  2. #4e897e
  3. #7e4e89

Tetradic

  1. #897e4e
  2. #59894e
  3. #4e5989
  4. #7e4e89

Square

  1. #897e4e
  2. #4e8961
  3. #4e5989
  4. #894e77

Monochromatic

  1. #282416
  2. #585132
  3. #897e4e
  4. #b0a574
  5. #cbc4a5

Shades

#897e4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #897e4e
  2. #7b7146
  3. #6e653e
  4. #605837
  5. #524c2f
  6. #453f27
  7. #37321f
  8. #292617
  9. #1b1910
  10. #0e0d08
  11. #000000

Tints

#897e4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #897e4e
  2. #958b60
  3. #a19871
  4. #aca583
  5. #b8b295
  6. #c4bfa7
  7. #d0cbb8
  8. #dcd8ca
  9. #e7e5dc
  10. #f3f2ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#897e4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #897e4e
  2. #887e53
  3. #877e58
  4. #867f5d
  5. #857f62
  6. #857f67
  7. #847f6c
  8. #837f71
  9. #828076
  10. #81807b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #827e6e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #877c4a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8a7f50 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #917772 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #887d4c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a7f4f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8e7a66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-897e4e {
  color: #897e4e;
}
Background
.bg-897e4e {
  background-color: #897e4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-897e4e {
  border: 2px solid #897e4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #897e4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 126 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 27% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-897e4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #897e4e, #77894e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-897e4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 126 78 / 0.35);
}

#808000 Olive ΔE 10.85 #826644 Raw Umber ΔE 11.81 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.90 #a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 14.30 #6b8e23 Olive Drab ΔE 14.67 #556b2f Dark Olive Green ΔE 14.81 #996515 Golden Brown ΔE 15.08 #7681b1 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Olive
#897e4e  rgb(137, 126, 78)  hsl(49, 27%, 42%)  Olive
#4e5989  rgb(78, 89, 137)  hsl(229, 27%, 42%)  Queen Blue
#4e897e  rgb(78, 137, 126)  hsl(169, 27%, 42%)  Viridian
#7e4e89  rgb(126, 78, 137)  hsl(289, 27%, 42%)  Deep Plum