#8a8a4a

Color #8a8a4a

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 17.01 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 12.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8a4a

RGB

rgb(138, 138, 74)

HSL

hsl(60, 30.2%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 46.4%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 46.4%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(56.16, -9.71, 34.1)

LCH

lch(56.16, 35.46, 105.89)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.0861, 108.69)

HWB

hwb(60, 29%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4a4a8a

Analogous

#8a6a4a

#8a8a4a

#6a8a4a

Triadic

#8a8a4a

#4a8a8a

#8a4a8a

Split-complementary

#8a8a4a

#4a6a8a

#6a4a8a

Tetradic

#8a8a4a

#4a8a4a

#4a4a8a

#8a4a8a

Square

#8a8a4a

#4a8a6a

#4a4a8a

#8a4a6a

Shades

Color #8a8a4a mixed toward black.

#73733e

#5c5c31

#454525

#2e2e19

#17170c

Tints

Color #8a8a4a mixed toward white.

#a8a85d

#baba7e

#cbcb9e

#dcdcbe

#eeeedf

Tones

Color #8a8a4a mixed toward gray.

#85854f

#7f7f55

#7a7a5a

#75755f

#6f6f65

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a5f · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#8a8a63 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#8a6c6e · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 20.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8a4a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8a4a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a8a4a (#8a8a4a) is rgb(138, 138, 74) in RGB.

No, #8a8a4a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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