What color is #858B75?

#858B75 is a grayish yellow-green, closest to the named color Farmer’s Market. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #858B75?

The RGB value is 133, 139, 117: 133 red, 139 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #858B75?

The complementary color is #7B758B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #858B75?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.95:1 and white text 3.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#858B75 color

#858B75 rgb(133, 139, 117)

Shades of gray

The hex color #858B75 is a grayish yellow-green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.2% red, 54.5% green and 45.9% blue (133, 139, 117).

Its hue angle is 76°, with 9% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 45% black.

The closest named color is Farmer’s Market (#8F917C), a difference of 3.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.95:1).

#858B75 color codes

HEX	`#858B75`
RGB	`rgb(133, 139, 117)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.2%, 54.5%, 45.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(76, 9%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(76, 16%, 55%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(4%, 0%, 16%, 45%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(56.82, -6.33, 11.04)`
CIE LCH	`lch(56.82, 12.73, 119.85)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(22.116, 24.736, 20.436)`
Decimal	`8751989`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #858B75, 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 #858B75	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.95:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.53:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#858B75 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.53:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.95:1	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 #858B75 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #858b75; }
.text { color: #858b75; }
.border { border: 2px solid #858b75; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(133 139 117 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #858b75, #7a8b75); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #858B75?: #858B75 is a grayish yellow-green, closest to the named color Farmer’s Market. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #858B75?: The RGB value is 133, 139, 117: 133 red, 139 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #858B75?: The complementary color is #7B758B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #858B75?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.95:1 and white text 3.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.