What color is #8D8B55?

#8D8B55 is a grayish yellow known as Green Olive. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Green Olive?

The RGB value is 141, 139, 85: 141 red, 139 green and 85 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Green Olive?

The complementary color is #55578D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #8D8B55?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.96:1 and white text 3.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Green Olive color: hex code #8D8B55

#8D8B55 rgb(141, 139, 85)

Shades of yellow

Green Olive has the hex code #8D8B55. It is a grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 55.3% red, 54.5% green and 33.3% blue (141, 139, 85).

Its hue angle is 58°, with 25% saturation and 44% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 40% yellow and 45% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.96:1).

Green Olive (#8D8B55) color codes

HEX	`#8D8B55`
RGB	`rgb(141, 139, 85)`
RGB percent	`rgb(55.3%, 54.5%, 33.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(58, 25%, 44%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(58, 40%, 55%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 1%, 40%, 45%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(56.86, -7.74, 29.14)`
CIE LCH	`lch(56.86, 30.15, 104.88)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(21.857, 24.784, 12.225)`
Decimal	`9276245`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Green Olive, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #8D8B55	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.96:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.53:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#8D8B55 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.53:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.96:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #8D8B55 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #8d8b55; }
.text { color: #8d8b55; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d8b55; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(141 139 85 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #8d8b55, #738d55); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Moss Green.

See #8D8B55 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #8D8B55?: #8D8B55 is a grayish yellow known as Green Olive. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Green Olive?: The RGB value is 141, 139, 85: 141 red, 139 green and 85 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Green Olive?: The complementary color is #55578D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #8D8B55?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.96:1 and white text 3.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.