#8a8838

Color #8a8838

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 15.08 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 14.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8838

RGB

rgb(138, 136, 56)

HSL

hsl(58.5, 42.3%, 38%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(58.5, 59.4%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 59.4%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(55.38, -10.27, 42.25)

LCH

lch(55.38, 43.48, 103.66)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.1024, 107.74)

HWB

hwb(58.5, 22%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#383a8a

Analogous

#8a5f38

#8a8838

#638a38

Triadic

#8a8838

#388a88

#88388a

Split-complementary

#8a8838

#38638a

#5f388a

Tetradic

#8a8838

#3a8a38

#383a8a

#88388a

Square

#8a8838

#388a5f

#383a8a

#8a3863

Shades

Color #8a8838 mixed toward black.

#73712f

#5c5b25

#45441c

#2e2d13

#171709

Tints

Color #8a8838 mixed toward white.

#afad47

#c2c069

#d1d08f

#e1dfb4

#f0efda

Tones

Color #8a8838 mixed toward gray.

#83813f

#7c7b46

#75744c

#6f6e53

#68675a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898954 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#89895a · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#8a6568 · ΔE 33.2

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8838;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8838]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a8838 (#8a8838) is rgb(138, 136, 56) in RGB.

No, #8a8838 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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