Recognised as Colour

#C8D57E

#C8D57E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#C8D57E is a yellow with RGB values 200, 213, 126 and HSL 69°, 51%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#C8D57E

RGBrgb(200, 213, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8353, 0.4941

RGB percentages78.4%, 83.5%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(69, 50.9%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(69, 40.8%, 83.5%)

CMYK6.1%, 0%, 40.8%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,161,854

CSS custom property--colour: #C8D57E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.27:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#372A81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0CD77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFCE82no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D1CCC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.4 Moccasin · ΔE 26.7 Wheat · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B7ED5

Analogous#D5B77E, #9DD57E

Triadic#7EC8D5, #D57EC8

Split complementary#7E9DD5, #B77ED5

Tetradic#7ED5B7, #8B7ED5, #D57E9D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9FBF1

Lighter +20%#E9EECB

Lighter +10%#D8E2A4

Darker −10%#B8C858

Darker −20%#A1B33A

Darker −30%#7E8C2E

Darker −40%#5C6621

More saturated +25%#D7EA69

Less saturated −25%#B9C093

Channel breakdown

R200

G213

B126

Red200 (78.4%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue68.97°

Saturation (HSL)50.88%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C8 · G D5 · B 7E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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