#8a8259

Color #8a8259

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 20.69 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8259

RGB

rgb(138, 130, 89)

HSL

hsl(50.2, 21.6%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.2, 35.5%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 35.5%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(54.12, -3.54, 23.32)

LCH

lch(54.12, 23.59, 98.63)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.0585, 98.45)

HWB

hwb(50.2, 34.9%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#59618a

Analogous

#8a6959

#8a8259

#798a59

Triadic

#8a8259

#598a82

#82598a

Split-complementary

#8a8259

#59798a

#69598a

Tetradic

#8a8259

#618a59

#59618a

#82598a

Square

#8a8259

#598a69

#59618a

#8a5979

Shades

Color #8a8259 mixed toward black.

#736c4a

#5c573b

#45412c

#2e2b1e

#17160f

Tints

Color #8a8259 mixed toward white.

#a39a70

#b5ae8c

#c8c3a9

#dad7c6

#edebe2

Tones

Color #8a8259 mixed toward gray.

#867f5d

#827c61

#7e7a65

#7a7769

#76746d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878765 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#878867 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#8a6d6f · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8259;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8259]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#8a8259 (#8a8259) is rgb(138, 130, 89) in RGB.

No, #8a8259 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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