#8c8c27

Color #8c8c27

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 7.43 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 14.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8c27

RGB

rgb(140, 140, 39)

HSL

hsl(60, 56.4%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 72.1%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.1%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(56.56, -12.63, 50.91)

LCH

lch(56.56, 52.45, 103.93)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.1198, 109.45)

HWB

hwb(60, 15.3%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#27278c

Analogous

#8c5a27

#8c8c27

#5a8c27

Triadic

#8c8c27

#278c8c

#8c278c

Split-complementary

#8c8c27

#275a8c

#5a278c

Tetradic

#8c8c27

#278c27

#27278c

#8c278c

Square

#8c8c27

#278c5a

#27278c

#8c275a

Shades

Color #8c8c27 mixed toward black.

#757521

#5d5d1a

#464614

#2f2f0d

#171707

Tints

Color #8c8c27 mixed toward white.

#b7b733

#cfcf52

#dbdb7e

#e7e7a9

#f3f3d4

Tones

Color #8c8c27 mixed toward gray.

#84842f

#7b7b38

#737340

#6a6a49

#626251

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c4f · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#8c8c56 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#8c6367 · ΔE 37

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8c27;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8c27]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8c8c27 (#8c8c27) is rgb(140, 140, 39) in RGB.

No, #8c8c27 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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