Colour

#C8CA04

#C8CA04
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#C8CA04 is a yellow with RGB values 200, 202, 4 and HSL 61°, 96%, 40%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#C8CA04#C8CA04

HEX#C8CA04

RGBrgb(200, 202, 4)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7922, 0.0157

RGB percentages78.4%, 79.2%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(60.6, 96.1%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60.6, 98%, 79.2%)

CMYK1%, 0%, 98%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,158,916

CSS custom property--colour: #C8CA04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.91:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#3735FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBC100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDC526no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D7BCACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 20.6 Yellow green · ΔE 22.7 Yellow · ΔE 24.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.2 Olive · ΔE 35.3 Green yellow · ΔE 36.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 20.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0604CA

Analogous#CA6904, #65CA04

Triadic#04C8CA, #CA04C8

Split complementary#0465CA, #6904CA

Tetradic#04CA69, #0604CA, #CA0465

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFD9D

Lighter +30%#FBFC6B

Lighter +20%#F9FB39

Lighter +10%#F8FA07

Darker −10%#969803

Darker −20%#656602

Darker −30%#333401

Darker −40%#020200

More saturated +25%#CCCE00

Less saturated −25%#AFB01E

Channel breakdown

R200

G202

Red200 (78.4%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue60.61°

Saturation (HSL)96.12%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C8 · G CA · B 04

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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