#8c8c4e

Color #8c8c4e

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 17.59 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 12.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8c4e

RGB

rgb(140, 140, 78)

HSL

hsl(60, 28.4%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 44.3%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 44.3%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(56.96, -9.51, 33.01)

LCH

lch(56.96, 34.35, 106.07)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.0839, 108.56)

HWB

hwb(60, 30.6%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4e4e8c

Analogous

#8c6d4e

#8c8c4e

#6d8c4e

Triadic

#8c8c4e

#4e8c8c

#8c4e8c

Split-complementary

#8c8c4e

#4e6d8c

#6d4e8c

Tetradic

#8c8c4e

#4e8c4e

#4e4e8c

#8c4e8c

Square

#8c8c4e

#4e8c6d

#4e4e8c

#8c4e6d

Shades

Color #8c8c4e mixed toward black.

#757541

#5d5d34

#464627

#2f2f1a

#17170d

Tints

Color #8c8c4e mixed toward white.

#a8a863

#b9b982

#cbcba1

#dcdcc0

#eeeee0

Tones

Color #8c8c4e mixed toward gray.

#878753

#828258

#7c7c5d

#777763

#727268

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c62 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#8c8c66 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#8c6e71 · ΔE 30.4

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 19.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8c4e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8c4e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8c8c4e (#8c8c4e) is rgb(140, 140, 78) in RGB.

No, #8c8c4e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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