Information about #87942E color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #87942E reads as a pleasantly vivid yellow and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Wasabi (#849137). Slightly further away sit Kombi (#838931) and Siskin Sprout Yellow (#7A942E).
Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(135, 148, 46)), which gives #87942E its character. On this background, black text reaches a 6.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.3:1. #87942E has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#87942E color variations
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#87942E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#87942E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#87942E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#87942E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#87942E 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #87942E color
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Nearest named colors to #87942E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#849137
#838931
#7A942E
#7C9F2F
#908D39
#928C3C
#88843C
#9A9739
#968428
#867E36
#76973E
#7C881A
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#87942E
- RGB135, 148, 46
- CMYK5, 0, 40, 42
- CSSrgb(135, 148, 46)
- HSL68°, 53%, 38%
- HSL Precise67.647°, 52.577%, 38.039%
- HSV68°, 69%, 58%
- HSB68°, 69%, 58%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.529
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.580
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.180
- GLSLvec3(0.529, 0.580, 0.180)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.529, 0.580, 0.180, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.529, 0.580, 0.180)
- Percentage of Red in RGB52.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB58%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB18%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID87942E
- DECIMAL ID8885294
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
