#a8b29f

Color #a8b29f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.24 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#a8b29f

RGB

rgb(168, 178, 159)

HSL

hsl(91.6, 11%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(91.6, 10.7%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 10.7%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(71.33, -7.03, 8.52)

LCH

lch(71.33, 11.05, 129.53)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.0289, 129.81)

HWB

hwb(91.6, 62.4%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a99fb2

Analogous

#b2b29f

#a8b29f

#9fb2a0

Triadic

#a8b29f

#9fa8b2

#b29fa8

Split-complementary

#a8b29f

#a09fb2

#b29fb2

Tetradic

#a8b29f

#9fb2a9

#a99fb2

#b29fa8

Square

#a8b29f

#9fb2b2

#a99fb2

#b2a09f

Shades

Color #a8b29f mixed toward black.

#8c9980

#707d64

#545e4b

#383e32

#1c1f19

Tints

Color #a8b29f mixed toward white.

#b7bfaf

#c5ccbf

#d4d9cf

#e2e5df

#f1f2ef

Tones

Color #a8b29f mixed toward gray.

#a8b0a1

#a8afa2

#a8ada4

#a8aca5

#a8aaa7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acada4 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#acaba5 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#a9a8a8 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 10.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8b29f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8b29f]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#a8b29f (#a8b29f) is rgb(168, 178, 159) in RGB.

No, #a8b29f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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