#8c8a00

Color #8c8a00

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 5.22 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 15.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8a00

RGB

rgb(140, 138, 0)

HSL

hsl(59.1, 100%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(59.1, 100%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 100%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(55.84, -12.73, 60.05)

LCH

lch(55.84, 61.38, 101.97)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.1332, 108.75)

HWB

hwb(59.1, 0%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00028c

Analogous

#8c4400

#8c8a00

#488c00

Triadic

#8c8a00

#008c8a

#8a008c

Split-complementary

#8c8a00

#00488c

#44008c

Tetradic

#8c8a00

#028c00

#00028c

#8a008c

Square

#8c8a00

#008c44

#00028c

#8c0048

Shades

Color #8c8a00 mixed toward black.

#757300

#5e5c00

#464500

#2f2e00

#171700

Tints

Color #8c8a00 mixed toward white.

#cac700

#fffb08

#fffc46

#fffd84

#fffec1

Tones

Color #8c8a00 mixed toward gray.

#817f0c

#757317

#696823

#5e5d2f

#52513a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b46 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#8b8b4e · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#8c5d61 · ΔE 39.8

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8a00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8a00]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8c8a00 (#8c8a00) is rgb(140, 138, 0) in RGB.

No, #8c8a00 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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