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Recognised as Colour

#C8D38C

  • #C8D38C
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#C8D38C is a yellow with RGB values 200, 211, 140 and HSL 69°, 45%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#C8D38C#C8D38C
HEX#C8D38C
RGBrgb(200, 211, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8275, 0.549
RGB percentages78.4%, 82.7%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(69.3, 44.7%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(69.3, 33.6%, 82.7%)
CMYK5.2%, 0%, 33.6%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,161,356
CSS custom property--colour: #C8D38C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.15:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#372C73

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDCC87no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCCD8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D0CBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.1Khaki · ΔE 14.9Wheat · ΔE 20.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.9Moccasin · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#978CD3
Analogous#D3BA8C, #A5D38C
Triadic#8CC8D3, #D38CC8
Split complementary#8CA4D3, #BB8CD3
Tetradic#8CD3BB, #978CD3, #D38CA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFDFB
Lighter +20%#EBEFD6
Lighter +10%#DAE1B1
Darker −10%#B6C567
Darker −20%#A3B445
Darker −30%#828F37
Darker −40%#606A29
More saturated +25%#D6E778
Less saturated −25%#BABFA0

Channel breakdown

R200
G211
B140
Red200 (78.4%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue69.3°
Saturation (HSL)44.65%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C8 · G D3 · B 8C

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