Recognised as Colour

#C8DA2E

#C8DA2E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#C8DA2E is a yellow with RGB values 200, 218, 46 and HSL 66°, 70%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

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HEX#C8DA2E

RGBrgb(200, 218, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8549, 0.1804

RGB percentages78.4%, 85.5%, 18%

HSLhsl(66.3, 69.9%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.3, 78.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK8.3%, 0%, 78.9%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,163,054

CSS custom property--colour: #C8DA2E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.52:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#3725D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EACE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D13Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Tritanopia#D5CDBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 16.3 Yellow · ΔE 24.3 Gold · ΔE 27 Green yellow · ΔE 28.9 Khaki · ΔE 35.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 37

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 16.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#402EDA

Analogous#DA962E, #72DA2E

Triadic#2EC8DA, #DA2EC8

Split complementary#2E72DA, #962EDA

Tetradic#2EDA96, #402EDA, #DA2E72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F9DB

Lighter +30%#EAF1B0

Lighter +20%#DFE985

Lighter +10%#D3E259

Darker −10%#A5B520

Darker −20%#7E8A18

Darker −30%#565E11

Darker −40%#2F3309

More saturated +25%#E0F90F

Less saturated −25%#B0BB4D

Channel breakdown

R200

G218

B46

Red200 (78.4%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue66.28°

Saturation (HSL)69.92%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C8 · G DA · B 2E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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