#8b8e59It is a grayish yellow color having an approximate luminance of 58%. It has a hue value of 63° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Turtle Green, Moss Green, Artichoke, Spanish Bistre, Asparagus, Gold Fusion, Russian Green, Maximum Green, Shadow and Misty Moss. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color #8b8e59 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (139, 142, 89)
#8b8e59
hsl (63.4, 22.9%, 45.3%)
hsv (63.4, 37.3%, 55.7%)
lab (57.6, -9.7, 27.9)
xyz (22.1, 25.6, 13.2)
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The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.
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Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #8b8e59 respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.
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Tints
These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a grayish yellow color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Sage, Misty Moss, Artichoke, Ecru, Laurel Green, Sand, Bone, Eggshell, Parchment, Alabaster, Isabelline, Floral White and Platinum.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a grayish yellow color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Dark Olive Green, Antique Bronze, Dark Moss Green, Army Green, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Ebony, Pine Tree, Olive Drab 7, Black Olive, Black Chocolate, Eerie Black, Smoky Black and Dark Jungle Green.
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a grayish yellow color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to Artichoke, Moss Green, Turtle Green, Gold Fusion, Xanadu, Middle Grey, Old Silver, Battleship Grey and Gray (Web).
Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.
We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively.
In the following tables these color schemes are present.
Monochromatic
The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.
This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, yellow and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Dark Brown, Light French Beige, Camel, Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Misty Moss, Sage, Hunter Green, Forest Green (Traditional), Dark Sea Green and Asparagus.
Complementary
The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.
This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of yellow and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Spanish Bistre, Gold Fusion, Purple Navy, Dark Cornflower Blue, Maximum Blue Purple and Blue Bell.
Triadic
The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of yellow, rose and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Spanish Bistre, Gold Fusion, Wine Dregs, Old Mauve, Kobi, Charm Pink, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Blue Sapphire, Maximum Blue and Cerulean (Crayola).
Tetradic
The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of yellow, cyan, blue and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Spanish Bistre, Gold Fusion, Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Maximum Blue Green, Verdigris, Purple Navy, Dark Cornflower Blue, Maximum Blue Purple, Blue Bell, Wine, Catawba, Pastel Pink and Mauvelous.
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