Recognised as Colour

#C9CD80

#C9CD80
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#C9CD80 is a yellow with RGB values 201, 205, 128 and HSL 63°, 44%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#C9CD80#C9CD80

HEX#C9CD80

RGBrgb(201, 205, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8039, 0.502

RGB percentages78.8%, 80.4%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(63.1, 43.5%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63.1, 37.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK2%, 0%, 37.6%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,225,344

CSS custom property--colour: #C9CD80;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57639WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.53:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#36327F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8C77Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9C983no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D2C4BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.4 Khaki · ΔE 12.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.9 Burlywood · ΔE 21.8 Wheat · ΔE 21.9 Navajo white · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.41, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8480CD

Analogous#CDAB80, #A3CD80

Triadic#80C9CD, #CD80C9

Split complementary#80A2CD, #AB80CD

Tetradic#80CDAB, #8480CD, #CD80A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F8EE

Lighter +20%#E8EAC9

Lighter +10%#D9DBA5

Darker −10%#B9BF5B

Darker −20%#A1A641

Darker −30%#7D8133

Darker −40%#5A5D24

More saturated +25%#DDE36A

Less saturated −25%#B5B796

Channel breakdown

R201

G205

B128

Red201 (78.8%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue63.12°

Saturation (HSL)43.5%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C9 · G CD · B 80

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Also reads as

C9Cd80 (chemical formula)

Formula
9,100.899 g/mol
89 atoms

C9Cd80 has a molar mass of 9,100.899 g/mol, made up of 89 atoms across 2 elements: 9 × C, 80 × Cd.

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Molar mass

Molar mass9,100.899 g/mol

Total atoms per molecule89

Distinct elements2

Mass of one molecule1.5112398 × 10^-20 g

Molecules per gram6.6170834 × 10^19

Name

NameNot in the name tablea name cannot be worked out from a formula alone: isomers share formulas, and naming depends on bonding the formula does not show

Composition by mass

C1.2%

Cd98.8%

Carbon (C × 9)108.099 g/mol, 1.188%

Cadmium (Cd × 80)8,992.8 g/mol, 98.812%

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