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#8A8A4E

#8a8a4e ≈ Moss Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#8a8a4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 54.12% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 43.48% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 27.78% saturation and 42.35% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.83:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Moss Green (#8a9a5b), ΔE 6.42.

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Relative luminance0.2413

Complementary

  1. #8a8a4e
  2. #4e4e8a

Split complementary

  1. #8a8a4e
  2. #4e6c8a
  3. #6c4e8a

Analogous

  1. #8a6c4e
  2. #8a8a4e
  3. #6c8a4e

Triadic

  1. #8a8a4e
  2. #4e8a8a
  3. #8a4e8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a8a4e
  2. #4e8a4e
  3. #4e4e8a
  4. #8a4e8a

Square

  1. #8a8a4e
  2. #4e8a6c
  3. #4e4e8a
  4. #8a4e6c

Monochromatic

  1. #282817
  2. #595932
  3. #8a8a4e
  4. #b0b074
  5. #cccca5

Shades

#8a8a4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a8a4e
  2. #7c7c46
  3. #6e6e3e
  4. #616137
  5. #53532f
  6. #454527
  7. #37371f
  8. #292917
  9. #1c1c10
  10. #0e0e08
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a8a4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a8a4e
  2. #969660
  3. #a1a171
  4. #adad83
  5. #b9b995
  6. #c5c5a7
  7. #d0d0b8
  8. #dcdcca
  9. #e8e8dc
  10. #f3f3ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a8a4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a8a4e
  2. #898953
  3. #888858
  4. #87875d
  5. #868662
  6. #858567
  7. #84846c
  8. #838371
  9. #828276
  10. #81817b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #888874 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #938649 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #948851 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #92837c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8f874b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #908950 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8f866c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a8a4e {
  color: #8a8a4e;
}
Background
.bg-8a8a4e {
  background-color: #8a8a4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a8a4e {
  border: 2px solid #8a8a4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a8a4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 138 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 28% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a8a4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a8a4e, #6c8a4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a8a4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 138 78 / 0.35);
}

#8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 6.42 #808000 Olive ΔE 9.26 #6b8e23 Olive Drab ΔE 10.13 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 12.18 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 12.56 #568203 Avocado ΔE 13.37 #507d2a Sap Green ΔE 13.82 #7575b1 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Moss Green
#8a8a4e  rgb(138, 138, 78)  hsl(60, 28%, 42%)  Moss Green
#4e4e8a  rgb(78, 78, 138)  hsl(240, 28%, 42%)  Dark Slate Blue
#4e8a8a  rgb(78, 138, 138)  hsl(180, 28%, 42%)  Dark Cyan
#8a4e8a  rgb(138, 78, 138)  hsl(300, 28%, 42%)  Deep Plum