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#9E8A2F

#9e8a2f ≈ Olive

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#9e8a2f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 54.12% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.66% magenta, 70.25% yellow and 38.04% black. Its hue angle is 49.19°, with 54.15% saturation and 40.2% 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 6.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Olive (#808000), ΔE 8.3.

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Relative luminance0.2565

Complementary

  1. #9e8a2f
  2. #2f439e

Split complementary

  1. #9e8a2f
  2. #2f7b9e
  3. #532f9e

Analogous

  1. #9e532f
  2. #9e8a2f
  3. #7b9e2f

Triadic

  1. #9e8a2f
  2. #2f9e8a
  3. #8a2f9e

Tetradic

  1. #9e8a2f
  2. #439e2f
  3. #2f439e
  4. #8a2f9e

Square

  1. #9e8a2f
  2. #2f9e53
  3. #2f439e
  4. #9e2f7b

Monochromatic

  1. #28230c
  2. #63571d
  3. #9e8a2f
  4. #cbb44f
  5. #dccd8a

Shades

#9e8a2f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9e8a2f
  2. #8e7c2a
  3. #7e6e26
  4. #6f6121
  5. #5f531c
  6. #4f4518
  7. #3f3713
  8. #2f290e
  9. #201c09
  10. #100e05
  11. #000000

Tints

#9e8a2f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9e8a2f
  2. #a89644
  3. #b1a159
  4. #bbad6d
  5. #c5b982
  6. #cfc597
  7. #d8d0ac
  8. #e2dcc1
  9. #ece8d5
  10. #f5f3ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9e8a2f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9e8a2f
  2. #9b8937
  3. #98883f
  4. #958747
  5. #92864f
  6. #8f8558
  7. #8c8460
  8. #898368
  9. #868270
  10. #838178
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #938a71 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #988722 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9d8d34 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ab7f77 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9a8828 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9d8c32 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a68462 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9e8a2f {
  color: #9e8a2f;
}
Background
.bg-9e8a2f {
  background-color: #9e8a2f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9e8a2f {
  border: 2px solid #9e8a2f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9e8a2f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 138 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 54% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9e8a2f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9e8a2f, #7b9e2f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9e8a2f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 138 47 / 0.35);
}

#808000 Olive ΔE 8.30 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.79 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.05 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 12.45 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.92 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 13.33 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 13.66 #6175d0 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Olive
#9e8a2f  rgb(158, 138, 47)  hsl(49, 54%, 40%)  Olive
#2f439e  rgb(47, 67, 158)  hsl(229, 54%, 40%)  Cobalt Blue
#2f9e8a  rgb(47, 158, 138)  hsl(169, 54%, 40%)  Persian Green
#8a2f9e  rgb(138, 47, 158)  hsl(289, 54%, 40%)  Dark Magenta