#8e9554

Color #8e9554

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 15.36 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 13.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e9554

RGB

rgb(142, 149, 84)

HSL

hsl(66.5, 27.9%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.5, 43.6%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 43.6%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(59.79, -12.83, 33.38)

LCH

lch(59.79, 35.76, 111.02)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.0883, 113.92)

HWB

hwb(66.5, 32.9%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b5495

Analogous

#957c54

#8e9554

#6d9554

Triadic

#8e9554

#548e95

#95548e

Split-complementary

#8e9554

#546d95

#7c5495

Tetradic

#8e9554

#54955b

#5b5495

#95548e

Square

#8e9554

#54957c

#5b5495

#95546d

Shades

Color #8e9554 mixed toward black.

#767c46

#5f6338

#474b2a

#2f321c

#18190e

Tints

Color #8e9554 mixed toward white.

#a5ac6b

#b7bc89

#c9cda6

#dbdec4

#edeee1

Tones

Color #8e9554 mixed toward gray.

#8a9059

#868a5f

#818564

#7d7f6a

#797a6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#919169 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#91906d · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#8e7678 · ΔE 30.3

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e9554;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e9554]

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Frequently asked questions

#8e9554 (#8e9554) is rgb(142, 149, 84) in RGB.

No, #8e9554 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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