#8A8A00

A dark, vivid yellow closely aligning with Olive.

About #8A8A00

Visually, #8A8A00 is defined as a vivid yellow. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Olive. Its digital footprint relies on 138 parts red, 138 parts green, and 0 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. The color uses 0% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 100% Yellow, and 46% Black. With a hue angle of 60.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the yellow spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8A8A00
RGB138, 138, 0
HSL60.0°, 100.0%, 27.1%
CMYK0%, 0%, 100%, 46%
HSV60.0°, 100.0%, 54.1%
LAB55.7, -13.7, 59.8
XYZ19.6, 23.6, 3.5
Decimal9079296

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.67:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
5.72:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.51:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.86:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8A8A00; }
.text-color { color: #8A8A00; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #8A8A00; }

Similar Colors

Olive
#808000