Colour

#CAC800

#CAC800
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#CAC800 is a yellow with RGB values 202, 200, 0 and HSL 59°, 100%, 40%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#CAC800#CAC800

HEX#CAC800

RGBrgb(202, 200, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.7843, 0

RGB percentages79.2%, 78.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(59.4, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.4, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK0%, 1%, 100%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,289,472

CSS custom property--colour: #CAC800;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.77:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#3537FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DABF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCC424no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D9BAAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 19.3 Yellow green · ΔE 24.3 Yellow · ΔE 24.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.6 Olive · ΔE 34.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 36.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 19.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0002CA

Analogous#CA6300, #67CA00

Triadic#00CAC8, #C800CA

Split complementary#0067CA, #6300CA

Tetradic#00CA63, #0002CA, #CA0067

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFE97

Lighter +30%#FFFD64

Lighter +20%#FFFD31

Lighter +10%#FDFA00

Darker −10%#979600

Darker −20%#646300

Darker −30%#313100

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CAC800

Less saturated −25%#B1AF19

Channel breakdown

R202

G200

Red202 (79.2%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue59.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CA · G C8 · B 00

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