#8c9000

Color #8c9000

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 7.95 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 13.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8c9000

RGB

rgb(140, 144, 0)

HSL

hsl(61.7, 100%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.7, 100%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 100%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(57.58, -15.9, 61.33)

LCH

lch(57.58, 63.36, 104.53)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.139, 111.75)

HWB

hwb(61.7, 0%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#040090

Analogous

#904c00

#8c9000

#449000

Triadic

#8c9000

#008c90

#90008c

Split-complementary

#8c9000

#004490

#4c0090

Tetradic

#8c9000

#009004

#040090

#90008c

Square

#8c9000

#00904c

#040090

#900044

Shades

Color #8c9000 mixed toward black.

#747800

#5d6000

#464800

#2f3000

#171800

Tints

Color #8c9000 mixed toward white.

#c7cd00

#f8ff0b

#faff48

#fcff85

#fdffc2

Tones

Color #8c9000 mixed toward gray.

#80840c

#757818

#6a6c24

#5f6030

#53543c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e49 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#8e8d52 · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#8c6166 · ΔE 40.9

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 26.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c9000;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c9000]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8c9000 (#8c9000) is rgb(140, 144, 0) in RGB.

No, #8c9000 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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