Information about #8F8550 color

#8F8550 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#8F8550 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(143, 133, 80) — 56.1% red, 52.2% green, 31.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 4 / 25 / 44. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#8F8550 is a mildly saturated yellow that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Dark Tan (#918151). Slightly further away sit Fortune (#928053) and Twister (#938255).

In RGB terms — rgb(143, 133, 80) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #8F8550: 5.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.7:1 for white. No one has named #8F8550 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#8F8550 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#8F8550 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #8F8550

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Dark Tan color link
Dark Tan

#918151

Fortune color link
Fortune

#928053

Twister color link
Twister

#938255

Awol color link
Awol

#888C4D

Clay Creek color link
Clay Creek

#897E59

Wilderness color link
Wilderness

#88885B

Willow Tea color link
Willow Tea

#9C8A4D

Baiko Brown color link
Baiko Brown

#857C55

Alloy color link
Alloy

#91815E

Solid Gold color link
Solid Gold

#927748

Boardwalk color link
Boardwalk

#9F8353

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#8F8550
  • RGB143, 133, 80
  • CMYK0, 4, 25, 44
  • CSSrgb(143, 133, 80)
  • HSL50°, 28%, 44%
  • HSL Precise50.476°, 28.251%, 43.725%
  • HSV50°, 44%, 56%
  • HSB50°, 44%, 56%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.561
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.314
  • GLSLvec3(0.561, 0.522, 0.314)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.561, 0.522, 0.314, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.561, 0.522, 0.314)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB56.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB52.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB31.4%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID8F8550
  • DECIMAL ID9405776
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01