#8c9b07

Color #8c9b07

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 13.73 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8c9b07

RGB

rgb(140, 155, 7)

HSL

hsl(66.1, 91.4%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.1, 95.5%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 95.5%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(60.81, -21.43, 62.7)

LCH

lch(60.81, 66.26, 108.87)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.1487, 116.48)

HWB

hwb(66.1, 2.7%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#16079b

Analogous

#9b6007

#8c9b07

#429b07

Triadic

#8c9b07

#078c9b

#9b078c

Split-complementary

#8c9b07

#07429b

#60079b

Tetradic

#8c9b07

#079b16

#16079b

#9b078c

Square

#8c9b07

#079b60

#16079b

#9b0742

Shades

Color #8c9b07 mixed toward black.

#758106

#5d6705

#464e03

#2f3402

#171a01

Tints

Color #8c9b07 mixed toward white.

#bed309

#dff521

#e7f859

#effa90

#f7fdc8

Tones

Color #8c9b07 mixed toward gray.

#828f13

#788320

#6f762c

#656a38

#5b5d45

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#939350 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#929159 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#8d6a6e · ΔE 40.6

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c9b07;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c9b07]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8c9b07 (#8c9b07) is rgb(140, 155, 7) in RGB.

No, #8c9b07 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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