Recognised as Colour

#C7CC00

#C7CC00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#C7CC00 is a yellow with RGB values 199, 204, 0 and HSL 61°, 100%, 40%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#C7CC00#C7CC00

HEX#C7CC00

RGBrgb(199, 204, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8, 0

RGB percentages78%, 80%, 0%

HSLhsl(61.5, 100%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(61.5, 100%, 80%)

CMYK2.5%, 0%, 100%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,093,888

CSS custom property--colour: #C7CC00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55328WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.07:1

Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#3833FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDC200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEC626no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D6BEADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 21.4 Yellow green · ΔE 22 Yellow · ΔE 23.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.9 Green yellow · ΔE 34.6 Olive · ΔE 36.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 21.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0500CC

Analogous#CC6B00, #61CC00

Triadic#00C7CC, #CC00C7

Split complementary#0061CC, #6B00CC

Tetradic#00CC6B, #0500CC, #CC0061

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FCFF99

Lighter +30%#FBFF66

Lighter +20%#FAFF33

Lighter +10%#F9FF00

Darker −10%#959900

Darker −20%#636600

Darker −30%#323300

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C7CC00

Less saturated −25%#AFB319

Channel breakdown

R199

G204

Red199 (78%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue61.47°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C7 · G CC · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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