Colour

#C8C200

#C8C200
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#C8C200 is a yellow with RGB values 200, 194, 0 and HSL 58°, 100%, 39%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#C8C200#C8C200

HEX#C8C200

RGBrgb(200, 194, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7608, 0

RGB percentages78.4%, 76.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(58.2, 100%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.2, 100%, 78.4%)

CMYK0%, 3%, 100%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,156,864

CSS custom property--colour: #C8C200;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50863WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.17:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#373DFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4BA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7C022no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Tritanopia#D8B4A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 19.2 Yellow green · ΔE 25.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.7 Yellow · ΔE 27.5 Olive · ΔE 32.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 19.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0006C8

Analogous#C85E00, #6AC800

Triadic#00C8C2, #C200C8

Split complementary#006AC8, #5E00C8

Tetradic#00C85E, #0006C8, #C8006A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFC95

Lighter +30%#FFFA62

Lighter +20%#FFF92F

Lighter +10%#FBF300

Darker −10%#959100

Darker −20%#625F00

Darker −30%#2F2E00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C8C200

Less saturated −25%#AFAB19

Channel breakdown

R200

G194

Red200 (78.4%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue58.2°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C8 · G C2 · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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