#8A8A3A

A dark, moderate yellow closely aligning with Olive.

About #8A8A3A

At its core, #8A8A3A is a dark and moderate hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Olive. Its digital footprint relies on 138 parts red, 138 parts green, and 58 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 0% magenta inks. 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. Because it is a dark color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8A8A3A
RGB138, 138, 58
HSL60.0°, 40.8%, 38.4%
CMYK0%, 0%, 58%, 46%
HSV60.0°, 58.0%, 54.1%
LAB56.0, -11.2, 42.0
XYZ20.3, 23.9, 7.5
Decimal9079354

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.64:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
5.78:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.47:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.91:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8A8A3A; }
.text-color { color: #8A8A3A; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #8A8A3A; }

Similar Colors

Olive
#808000