#a8a84c

Color #a8a84c

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 10.42 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 14.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a84c

RGB

rgb(168, 168, 76)

HSL

hsl(60, 37.7%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 54.8%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.8%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(67.17, -12.62, 46.73)

LCH

lch(67.17, 48.4, 105.11)

OKLCH

oklch(71.3%, 0.1152, 109)

HWB

hwb(60, 29.8%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4c4ca8

Analogous

#a87a4c

#a8a84c

#7aa84c

Triadic

#a8a84c

#4ca8a8

#a84ca8

Split-complementary

#a8a84c

#4c7aa8

#7a4ca8

Tetradic

#a8a84c

#4ca84c

#4c4ca8

#a84ca8

Square

#a8a84c

#4ca87a

#4c4ca8

#a84c7a

Shades

Color #a8a84c mixed toward black.

#8c8c3f

#707033

#545426

#383819

#1c1c0d

Tints

Color #a8a84c mixed toward white.

#baba66

#c8c885

#d6d6a3

#e3e3c2

#f1f1e0

Tones

Color #a8a84c mixed toward gray.

#a0a054

#99995b

#919163

#89896b

#828272

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a86c · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#a8a872 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#a87f82 · ΔE 35.2

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a84c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a84c]

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Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a8a84c (#a8a84c) is rgb(168, 168, 76) in RGB.

No, #a8a84c 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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