Recognised as Colour

#C8D545

#C8D545
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#C8D545 is a yellow with RGB values 200, 213, 69 and HSL 65°, 63%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

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HEX#C8D545

RGBrgb(200, 213, 69)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8353, 0.2706

RGB percentages78.4%, 83.5%, 27.1%

HSLhsl(65.4, 63.2%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.4, 67.6%, 83.5%)

CMYK6.1%, 0%, 67.6%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,161,797

CSS custom property--colour: #C8D545;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.06:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#372ABA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4CB2Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3CD50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D5C9B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 16.6 Khaki · ΔE 26.5 Gold · ΔE 29.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 31.5 Yellow · ΔE 31.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 16.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5245D5

Analogous#D59A45, #80D545

Triadic#45C8D5, #D545C8

Split complementary#4580D5, #9A45D5

Tetradic#45D59A, #5245D5, #D54580

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9FBEB

Lighter +30%#EDF1C2

Lighter +20%#E1E898

Lighter +10%#D4DE6F

Darker −10%#AFBC2B

Darker −20%#899321

Darker −30%#626918

Darker −40%#3B400E

More saturated +25%#DFF229

Less saturated −25%#B1B962

Channel breakdown

R200

G213

B69

Red200 (78.4%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue69 (27.1%)

Hue65.42°

Saturation (HSL)63.16%

Lightness55.29%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C8 · G D5 · B 45

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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