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#8A7828

#8a7828 ≈ Olive

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#8a7828 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 47.06% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.04% magenta, 71.01% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 48.98°, with 55.06% saturation and 34.9% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Olive (#808000), ΔE 7.01.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#996633
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Relative luminance0.1899

Complementary

  1. #8a7828
  2. #283a8a

Split complementary

  1. #8a7828
  2. #286b8a
  3. #47288a

Analogous

  1. #8a4728
  2. #8a7828
  3. #6b8a28

Triadic

  1. #8a7828
  2. #288a78
  3. #78288a

Tetradic

  1. #8a7828
  2. #3a8a28
  3. #283a8a
  4. #78288a

Square

  1. #8a7828
  2. #288a47
  3. #283a8a
  4. #8a286b

Monochromatic

  1. #131106
  2. #4f4417
  3. #8a7828
  4. #c5ac39
  5. #d7c574

Shades

#8a7828 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a7828
  2. #7c6c24
  3. #6e6020
  4. #61541c
  5. #534818
  6. #453c14
  7. #373010
  8. #29240c
  9. #1c1808
  10. #0e0c04
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a7828 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a7828
  2. #96863e
  3. #a19353
  4. #ada169
  5. #b9ae7e
  6. #c5bc94
  7. #d0c9a9
  8. #dcd7bf
  9. #e8e4d4
  10. #f3f2ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a7828 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a7828
  2. #897931
  3. #887a3a
  4. #877a42
  5. #867b4b
  6. #857c54
  7. #847d5d
  8. #837e66
  9. #827e6e
  10. #817f77
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #807862 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84751d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #897b2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #956f68 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #877622 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #897a2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #917355 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a7828 {
  color: #8a7828;
}
Background
.bg-8a7828 {
  background-color: #8a7828;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a7828 {
  border: 2px solid #8a7828;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a7828;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 120 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 55% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a7828 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a7828, #6b8a28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a7828 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 120 40 / 0.35);
}

#808000 Olive ΔE 7.01 #996515 Golden Brown ΔE 12.23 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 12.38 #826644 Raw Umber ΔE 12.79 #6c541e Field Drab ΔE 13.94 #6b8e23 Olive Drab ΔE 15.19 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 15.30 #7587d7 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Olive
#8a7828  rgb(138, 120, 40)  hsl(49, 55%, 35%)  Olive
#283a8a  rgb(40, 58, 138)  hsl(229, 55%, 35%)  Smalt
#288a78  rgb(40, 138, 120)  hsl(169, 55%, 35%)  Viridian
#78288a  rgb(120, 40, 138)  hsl(289, 55%, 35%)  Eminence