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Recognised as Colour

#CCD78E

  • #CCD78E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#CCD78E is a yellow with RGB values 204, 215, 142 and HSL 69°, 48%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#CCD78E#CCD78E
HEX#CCD78E
RGBrgb(204, 215, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.8431, 0.5569
RGB percentages80%, 84.3%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(69, 47.7%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(69, 34%, 84.3%)
CMYK5.1%, 0%, 34%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,424,526
CSS custom property--colour: #CCD78E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63391WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.68:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#332871

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1D089no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0D191no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D4CFC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.5Dark khaki · ΔE 12.9Khaki · ΔE 13.6Wheat · ΔE 20.7Moccasin · ΔE 21.2Lemon chiffon · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 11.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#998ED7
Analogous#D7BD8E, #A8D78E
Triadic#8ECCD7, #D78ECC
Split complementary#8EA8D7, #BD8ED7
Tetradic#8ED7BD, #998ED7, #D78EA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEF2D9
Lighter +10%#DDE4B4
Darker −10%#BBCA68
Darker −20%#AABC43
Darker −30%#889735
Darker −40%#667128
More saturated +25%#D9EA7B
Less saturated −25%#BFC4A1

Channel breakdown

R204
G215
B142
Red204 (80%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue69.04°
Saturation (HSL)47.71%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CC · G D7 · B 8E

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