#a8b300It is a dark yellow color having an approximate luminance of 70%. It has a hue value of 64° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Acid Green, Citron, Apple Green, Middle Green Yellow, Yellow-green, Old Gold, June Bud, Bitter Lemon, Sheen Green and Pear. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color #a8b300 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (168, 179, 0)
#a8b300
hsl (63.7, 100%, 35.1%)
hsv (63.7, 100%, 70.2%)
lab (69.9, -21.3, 71.4)
xyz (32.3, 40.6, 6.1)
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The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.
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Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #a8b300 respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.
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Tints
These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark yellow color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Middle Green Yellow, Olive Green, Acid Green, Dark Khaki, Straw, Green-yellow (Crayola), Khaki (X11) (Light Khaki), Flax, Spring Green (Crayola), Pale Spring Bud, Vanilla, Medium Champagne, Beige, Eggshell, Cornsilk and Ivory.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark yellow color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Olive, Olive Drab 3, Spanish Bistre, Avocado, Antique Bronze, Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Dark Olive Green, Olive Drab 7, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Black Chocolate, Pine Tree and Dark Jungle Green.
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark yellow color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to Olive Green, Citron, Middle Green Yellow, Acid Green, Dark Khaki, Misty Moss, Sage, Ecru, Sand, Grullo, Khaki (Web) and Ash Gray.
Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.
We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively.
In the following tables these color schemes are present.
Monochromatic
The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.
This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, yellow and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Sepia, Gamboge, Marigold, Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Acid Green, Citron, Lincoln Green, Dark Green (X11), Dark Pastel Green and Kelly Green.
Complementary
The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.
This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of yellow, azure and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Olive, Spanish Bistre, Dark Cornflower Blue, Cobalt Blue, Little Boy Blue and Cornflower Blue.
Triadic
The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.
This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of yellow, rose and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Olive, Spanish Bistre, Flirt, Pansy Purple, Persian Pink, Hot Pink, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Pacific Blue and Maximum Blue.
Tetradic
The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of yellow, cyan, azure, blue, rose and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Olive, Spanish Bistre, Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Maximum Blue Green, Tiffany Blue, Dark Cornflower Blue, Cobalt Blue, Little Boy Blue, Cornflower Blue, Antique Ruby, Claret, Salmon Pink and Pink Sherbet.
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