#a8b243

Color #a8b243

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 17.77 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 12.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a8b243

RGB

rgb(168, 178, 67)

HSL

hsl(65.4, 45.3%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.4, 62.4%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 62.4%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(69.87, -18.43, 53.8)

LCH

lch(69.87, 56.87, 108.91)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.1345, 114.09)

HWB

hwb(65.4, 26.3%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4d43b2

Analogous

#b28443

#a8b243

#70b243

Triadic

#a8b243

#43a8b2

#b243a8

Split-complementary

#a8b243

#4370b2

#8443b2

Tetradic

#a8b243

#43b24d

#4d43b2

#b243a8

Square

#a8b243

#43b284

#4d43b2

#b24370

Shades

Color #a8b243 mixed toward black.

#8c9438

#70772d

#545921

#383b16

#1c1e0b

Tints

Color #a8b243 mixed toward white.

#bac35e

#c7cf7f

#d5db9f

#e3e7bf

#f1f3df

Tones

Color #a8b243 mixed toward gray.

#a0a94c

#999f55

#91965f

#8a8d68

#828471

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acad6c · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#acab73 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#a98287 · ΔE 39

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 25

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8b243;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8b243]

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Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a8b243 (#a8b243) is rgb(168, 178, 67) in RGB.

No, #a8b243 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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