Recognised as Colour

#C8C27D

#C8C27D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C8C27D is a yellow with RGB values 200, 194, 125 and HSL 55°, 41%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#C8C27D#C8C27D

HEX#C8C27D

RGBrgb(200, 194, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7608, 0.4902

RGB percentages78.4%, 76.1%, 49%

HSLhsl(55.2, 40.5%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.2, 37.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK0%, 3%, 37.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,156,989

CSS custom property--colour: #C8C27D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.47:1

Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#373D82

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDBD78no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0C180no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D2B9B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 5.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.4 Khaki · ΔE 16 Burlywood · ΔE 16.1 Tan · ΔE 17.3 Wheat · ΔE 19.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 5.65, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7D83C8

Analogous#C89C7D, #A9C87D

Triadic#7DC8C2, #C27DC8

Split complementary#7DA8C8, #9D7DC8

Tetradic#7DC89C, #7D83C8, #C87DA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F4E9

Lighter +20%#E6E4C5

Lighter +10%#D7D3A1

Darker −10%#B9B159

Darker −20%#9D9542

Darker −30%#797333

Darker −40%#555124

More saturated +25%#DFD566

Less saturated −25%#B1AF94

Channel breakdown

R200

G194

B125

Red200 (78.4%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue55.2°

Saturation (HSL)40.54%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C8 · G C2 · B 7D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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