Colour

#C8CA09

#C8CA09
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#C8CA09 is a yellow with RGB values 200, 202, 9 and HSL 61°, 91%, 41%. 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

#C8CA09#C8CA09

HEX#C8CA09

RGBrgb(200, 202, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7922, 0.0353

RGB percentages78.4%, 79.2%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(60.6, 91.5%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60.6, 95.5%, 79.2%)

CMYK1%, 0%, 95.5%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,158,921

CSS custom property--colour: #C8CA09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5454WCAG 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#BCBCBC

Inverted#3735F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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

Deuteranopia#DDC528no 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 71.5 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 20.8 Yellow green · ΔE 22.5 Yellow · ΔE 24.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 30 Olive · ΔE 35 Green yellow · ΔE 36.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 20.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B09CA

Analogous#CA6C09, #67CA09

Triadic#09C8CA, #CA09C8

Split complementary#0967CA, #6C09CA

Tetradic#09CA6C, #0B09CA, #CA0967

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAFBA4

Lighter +30%#F7F973

Lighter +20%#F5F742

Lighter +10%#F2F412

Darker −10%#989907

Darker −20%#676805

Darker −30%#373802

Darker −40%#070700

More saturated +25%#D1D300

Less saturated −25%#AEB023

Channel breakdown

R200

G202

Red200 (78.4%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue60.62°

Saturation (HSL)91.47%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C8 · G CA · B 09

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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