#8c990d

Color #8c990d

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 12.11 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8c990d

RGB

rgb(140, 153, 13)

HSL

hsl(65.6, 84.3%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.6, 91.5%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 91.5%, 40%)

LAB

lab(60.24, -20.32, 61.35)

LCH

lch(60.24, 64.63, 108.33)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.1453, 115.7)

HWB

hwb(65.6, 5.1%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1a0d99

Analogous

#99600d

#8c990d

#46990d

Triadic

#8c990d

#0d8c99

#990d8c

Split-complementary

#8c990d

#0d4699

#600d99

Tetradic

#8c990d

#0d991a

#1a0d99

#990d8c

Square

#8c990d

#0d9960

#1a0d99

#990d46

Shades

Color #8c990d mixed toward black.

#747f0b

#5d6609

#464c07

#2f3304

#171902

Tints

Color #8c990d mixed toward white.

#bcce12

#dbed2c

#e4f160

#edf695

#f6faca

Tones

Color #8c990d mixed toward gray.

#828d19

#798124

#6f7630

#666a3c

#5c5f47

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#929250 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#919058 · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#8d696d · ΔE 40.3

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 26.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c990d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c990d]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8c990d (#8c990d) is rgb(140, 153, 13) in RGB.

No, #8c990d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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