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Recognised as Colour

#A8C608

  • #A8C608
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#A8C608 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 198, 8 and HSL 69°, 92%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#A8C608#A8C608
HEX#A8C608
RGBrgb(168, 198, 8)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7765, 0.0314
RGB percentages65.9%, 77.6%, 3.1%
HSLhsl(69.5, 92.2%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(69.5, 96%, 77.6%)
CMYK15.2%, 0%, 96%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,060,744
CSS custom property--colour: #A8C608;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48731WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.75:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#5739F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3BA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0BA29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B2BBA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 11.1Green yellow · ΔE 28.6Yellow · ΔE 30.8Olivedrab · ΔE 32.4Gold · ΔE 33.2Olive · ΔE 34.3
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 11.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2608C6
Analogous#C68508, #49C608
Triadic#08A8C6, #C608A8
Split complementary#0849C6, #8508C6
Tetradic#08C685, #2608C6, #C60849

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDFB9F
Lighter +30%#E3F96E
Lighter +20%#DAF73D
Lighter +10%#D0F50C
Darker −10%#7E9506
Darker −20%#556404
Darker −30%#2B3302
Darker −40%#020200
More saturated +25%#ADCE00
Less saturated −25%#96AC22

Channel breakdown

R168
G198
B8
Red168 (65.9%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue8 (3.1%)
Hue69.47°
Saturation (HSL)92.23%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A8 · G C6 · B 08

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