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#8A8161

#8a8161 ≈ Battleship Gray

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#8a8161 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 50.59% green and 38.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.52% magenta, 29.71% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 46.83°, with 17.45% saturation and 46.08% 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 5.39:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Battleship Gray (#848482), ΔE 12.26.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.2197

Complementary

  1. #8a8161
  2. #616a8a

Split complementary

  1. #8a8161
  2. #617f8a
  3. #6d618a

Analogous

  1. #8a6d61
  2. #8a8161
  3. #7f8a61

Triadic

  1. #8a8161
  2. #618a81
  3. #81618a

Tetradic

  1. #8a8161
  2. #6a8a61
  3. #616a8a
  4. #81618a

Square

  1. #8a8161
  2. #618a6d
  3. #616a8a
  4. #8a617f

Monochromatic

  1. #302d22
  2. #5d5741
  3. #8a8161
  4. #ada58a
  5. #cdc8b7

Shades

#8a8161 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a8161
  2. #7c7457
  3. #6e674e
  4. #615a44
  5. #534d3a
  6. #454131
  7. #373427
  8. #29271d
  9. #1c1a13
  10. #0e0d0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a8161 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a8161
  2. #968e71
  3. #a19a81
  4. #ada790
  5. #b9b3a0
  6. #c5c0b0
  7. #d0cdc0
  8. #dcd9d0
  9. #e8e6df
  10. #f3f2ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a8161 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a8161
  2. #898164
  3. #888167
  4. #87816a
  5. #86816d
  6. #858171
  7. #848074
  8. #838077
  9. #82807a
  10. #81807d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #858176 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #887f5f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8a8262 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #907c78 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #898060 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a8262 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8e7e70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a8161 {
  color: #8a8161;
}
Background
.bg-8a8161 {
  background-color: #8a8161;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a8161 {
  border: 2px solid #8a8161;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a8161;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 129 97;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 17% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a8161 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a8161, #7f8a61);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a8161 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 129 97 / 0.35);
}

#848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 12.26 #826644 Raw Umber ΔE 12.45 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.75 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 13.12 #808080 Gray ΔE 13.23 #808080 Grey ΔE 13.23 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 13.57 #757e9e Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Battleship Gray
#8a8161  rgb(138, 129, 97)  hsl(47, 17%, 46%)  Battleship Gray
#616a8a  rgb(97, 106, 138)  hsl(227, 17%, 46%)  Queen Blue
#618a81  rgb(97, 138, 129)  hsl(167, 17%, 46%)  Xanadu
#81618a  rgb(129, 97, 138)  hsl(287, 17%, 46%)  Old Lavender