#8a9d22

Color #8a9d22

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive Drab #6b8e23 · ΔE 11.48 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a9d22

RGB

rgb(138, 157, 34)

HSL

hsl(69.3, 64.4%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.3, 78.3%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 78.3%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(61.34, -22.55, 57.1)

LCH

lch(61.34, 61.39, 111.55)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.1423, 118.4)

HWB

hwb(69.3, 13.3%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#35229d

Analogous

#9d7322

#8a9d22

#4d9d22

Triadic

#8a9d22

#228a9d

#9d228a

Split-complementary

#8a9d22

#224d9d

#73229d

Tetradic

#8a9d22

#229d35

#35229d

#9d228a

Square

#8a9d22

#229d73

#35229d

#9d224d

Shades

Color #8a9d22 mixed toward black.

#73831c

#5c6917

#454f11

#2e340b

#171a06

Tints

Color #8a9d22 mixed toward white.

#b0c92b

#c4d950

#d3e37c

#e1eca8

#f0f6d3

Tones

Color #8a9d22 mixed toward gray.

#83932c

#7c8937

#757e41

#6e744b

#676a55

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#939356 · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#91905e · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#8b6e72 · ΔE 38.8

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 25.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a9d22;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a9d22]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a9d22 (#8a9d22) is rgb(138, 157, 34) in RGB.

No, #8a9d22 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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