Recognised as Colour

#C8AA04

#C8AA04
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#C8AA04 is a yellow with RGB values 200, 170, 4 and HSL 51°, 96%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#C8AA04#C8AA04

HEX#C8AA04

RGBrgb(200, 170, 4)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6667, 0.0157

RGB percentages78.4%, 66.7%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(50.8, 96.1%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 98%, 78.4%)

CMYK0%, 15%, 98%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,150,724

CSS custom property--colour: #C8AA04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#3755FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDA600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5B01Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D99B91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 11.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.2 Gold · ΔE 22.3 Olive · ΔE 26.3 Orange · ΔE 27.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 33.9

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 11.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0422C8

Analogous#C84804, #84C804

Triadic#04C8AA, #AA04C8

Split complementary#0484C8, #4804C8

Tetradic#04C848, #0422C8, #C80484

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDEE9B

Lighter +30%#FCE569

Lighter +20%#FBDD37

Lighter +10%#FAD405

Darker −10%#967F03

Darker −20%#645502

Darker −30%#322A01

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CCAD00

Less saturated −25%#AF981E

Channel breakdown

R200

G170

Red200 (78.4%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue50.82°

Saturation (HSL)96.08%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C8 · G AA · B 04

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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