#8a8e51

Color #8a8e51

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 17.08 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 12.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8e51

RGB

rgb(138, 142, 81)

HSL

hsl(63.9, 27.4%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.9, 43%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 43%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(57.41, -11.11, 31.93)

LCH

lch(57.41, 33.81, 109.19)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0832, 111.79)

HWB

hwb(63.9, 31.8%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55518e

Analogous

#8e7351

#8a8e51

#6b8e51

Triadic

#8a8e51

#518a8e

#8e518a

Split-complementary

#8a8e51

#516b8e

#73518e

Tetradic

#8a8e51

#518e55

#55518e

#8e518a

Square

#8a8e51

#518e73

#55518e

#8e516b

Shades

Color #8a8e51 mixed toward black.

#737643

#5c5f36

#454728

#2e2f1b

#17180d

Tints

Color #8a8e51 mixed toward white.

#a4a867

#b6ba85

#c8cba4

#dbdcc2

#edeee1

Tones

Color #8a8e51 mixed toward gray.

#868956

#81845b

#7d7f60

#787a65

#74756a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c64 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#8c8b68 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#8a7173 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8e51;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8e51]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a8e51 (#8a8e51) is rgb(138, 142, 81) in RGB.

No, #8a8e51 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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