Palettes / Colors / #888654

#888654 — Dusty Yellow

#888654 is a yellow color we call Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Gray (#808080). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gray (#808080) — not an exact match. CSS gray gives you #808080, a different color; use #888654 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#888654 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #535588; it also sits naturally between #886C53 and #6F8853. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 53% · Green 53% · Blue 33%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 38% · Key 47%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #888654

.text { color: #888654; }
.background { background-color: #888654; }
.border { border: 3px solid #888654; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(136, 134, 84); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 24%, 43%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #888654; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(136, 134, 84, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #888654; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(136, 134, 84, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#888654">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#888654">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #535588:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #888654: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #888654

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #888654 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #888654 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #888654?

#888654 is Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 136, 134, 84). Its closest standard named color is Gray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #888654?

#888654 is RGB 136, 134, 84 — HSL 58°, 24%, 43% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 38%, 47%.

What colors go with #888654?

Its complement is #535588; analogous partners are #886C53 and #6F8853. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #888654 for text?

Black text on #888654 has a contrast ratio of 5.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.76:1.