#8a9211

Color #8a9211

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 7.97 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a9211

RGB

rgb(138, 146, 17)

HSL

hsl(63.7, 79.1%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.7, 88.4%, 57.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 88.4%, 42.7%)

LAB

lab(58.04, -17.53, 58.76)

LCH

lch(58.04, 61.32, 106.61)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.1374, 113.64)

HWB

hwb(63.7, 6.7%, 42.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#191192

Analogous

#925a11

#8a9211

#4a9211

Triadic

#8a9211

#118a92

#92118a

Split-complementary

#8a9211

#114a92

#5a1192

Tetradic

#8a9211

#119219

#191192

#92118a

Square

#8a9211

#11925a

#191192

#92114a

Shades

Color #8a9211 mixed toward black.

#737a0e

#5c610b

#454909

#2e3106

#171803

Tints

Color #8a9211 mixed toward white.

#bbc617

#dce730

#e4ed64

#edf397

#f6f9cb

Tones

Color #8a9211 mixed toward gray.

#81871c

#777d27

#6e7231

#64673c

#5b5c47

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e4d · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#8d8c55 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#8a6468 · ΔE 39.6

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a9211;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a9211]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a9211 (#8a9211) is rgb(138, 146, 17) in RGB.

No, #8a9211 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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