#8a8c28

Color #8a8c28

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 7.84 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 13.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8c28

RGB

rgb(138, 140, 40)

HSL

hsl(61.2, 55.6%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.2, 71.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 71.4%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(56.4, -13.47, 50.3)

LCH

lch(56.4, 52.07, 104.99)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.1195, 110.57)

HWB

hwb(61.2, 15.7%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2a288c

Analogous

#8c5c28

#8a8c28

#588c28

Triadic

#8a8c28

#288a8c

#8c288a

Split-complementary

#8a8c28

#28588c

#5c288c

Tetradic

#8a8c28

#288c2a

#2a288c

#8c288a

Square

#8a8c28

#288c5c

#2a288c

#8c2858

Shades

Color #8a8c28 mixed toward black.

#737521

#5c5d1b

#454614

#2e2f0d

#171707

Tints

Color #8a8c28 mixed toward white.

#b4b734

#ccce54

#d9da7f

#e5e7a9

#f2f3d4

Tones

Color #8a8c28 mixed toward gray.

#828430

#7a7b39

#727341

#6a6b49

#626252

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b50 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#8b8b56 · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#8a6367 · ΔE 36.9

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8c28;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8c28]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a8c28 (#8a8c28) is rgb(138, 140, 40) in RGB.

No, #8a8c28 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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