#8A9233

A dark, moderate yellow closely aligning with Olive.

About #8A9233

At its core, #8A9233 is a dark and moderate hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Olive. Its digital footprint relies on 138 parts red, 146 parts green, and 51 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. The color uses 5% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 65% Yellow, and 43% Black. With a hue angle of 65.1 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. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8A9233
RGB138, 146, 51
HSL65.1°, 48.2%, 38.6%
CMYK5%, 0%, 65%, 43%
HSV65.1°, 65.1%, 57.3%
LAB58.2, -16.0, 47.6
XYZ21.4, 26.2, 7.1
Decimal9081395

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.37:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
6.24:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.22:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
5.30:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8A9233; }
.text-color { color: #8A9233; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #8A9233; }

Similar Colors

Olive
#808000