Recognised as Colour

#C7D442

#C7D442
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#C7D442 is a yellow with RGB values 199, 212, 66 and HSL 65°, 63%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

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HEX#C7D442

RGBrgb(199, 212, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8314, 0.2588

RGB percentages78%, 83.1%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(65.3, 62.9%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.3, 68.9%, 83.1%)

CMYK6.1%, 0%, 68.9%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,096,002

CSS custom property--colour: #C7D442;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59622WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.92:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#382BBD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3CA2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2CC4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D4C8B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 16.4 Khaki · ΔE 27.3 Gold · ΔE 29.2 Yellow · ΔE 31.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 32 Olivedrab · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 16.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F42D4

Analogous#D49842, #7ED442

Triadic#42C7D4, #D442C7

Split complementary#427ED4, #9842D4

Tetradic#42D498, #4F42D4, #D4427E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8FAE8

Lighter +30%#ECF0BF

Lighter +20%#E0E795

Lighter +10%#D3DD6C

Darker −10%#ACB92A

Darker −20%#868F21

Darker −30%#5F6617

Darker −40%#383C0E

More saturated +25%#DFF125

Less saturated −25%#AFB75F

Channel breakdown

R199

G212

B66

Red199 (78%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue65.34°

Saturation (HSL)62.93%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C7 · G D4 · B 42

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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