#8b981e

Color #8b981e

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 10.56 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8b981e

RGB

rgb(139, 152, 30)

HSL

hsl(66.4, 67%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.4, 80.3%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 80.3%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(59.92, -19.75, 57.08)

LCH

lch(59.92, 60.4, 109.09)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.1383, 115.9)

HWB

hwb(66.4, 11.8%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2b1e98

Analogous

#98681e

#8b981e

#4e981e

Triadic

#8b981e

#1e8b98

#981e8b

Split-complementary

#8b981e

#1e4e98

#681e98

Tetradic

#8b981e

#1e982b

#2b1e98

#981e8b

Square

#8b981e

#1e9868

#2b1e98

#981e4e

Shades

Color #8b981e mixed toward black.

#747f19

#5d6514

#464c0f

#2e330a

#171905

Tints

Color #8b981e mixed toward white.

#b5c627

#cbdb48

#d8e476

#e5eda4

#f2f6d1

Tones

Color #8b981e mixed toward gray.

#838e28

#7b8432

#737a3d

#6b6f47

#636551

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#919153 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#908f5a · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#8c6a6e · ΔE 39.1

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 25.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b981e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b981e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8b981e (#8b981e) is rgb(139, 152, 30) in RGB.

No, #8b981e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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