#8b9c07

Color #8b9c07

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 14.53 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b9c07

RGB

rgb(139, 156, 7)

HSL

hsl(66.8, 91.4%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.8, 95.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 95.5%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(61.03, -22.38, 62.83)

LCH

lch(61.03, 66.7, 109.61)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.1502, 117.26)

HWB

hwb(66.8, 2.7%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#18079c

Analogous

#9c6307

#8b9c07

#419c07

Triadic

#8b9c07

#078b9c

#9c078b

Split-complementary

#8b9c07

#07419c

#63079c

Tetradic

#8b9c07

#079c18

#18079c

#9c078b

Square

#8b9c07

#079c63

#18079c

#9c0741

Shades

Color #8b9c07 mixed toward black.

#748206

#5d6805

#464e04

#2e3402

#171a01

Tints

Color #8b9c07 mixed toward white.

#bdd30a

#ddf522

#e6f859

#eefa90

#f7fdc8

Tones

Color #8b9c07 mixed toward gray.

#829013

#788320

#6e772c

#656a39

#5b5e45

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#939351 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#92905a · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#8c6a6f · ΔE 41.3

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 26.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b9c07;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b9c07]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8b9c07 (#8b9c07) is rgb(139, 156, 7) in RGB.

No, #8b9c07 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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