Recognised as Colour

#CECA00

#CECA00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#CECA00 is a yellow with RGB values 206, 202, 0 and HSL 59°, 100%, 40%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#CECA00#CECA00

HEX#CECA00

RGBrgb(206, 202, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7922, 0

RGB percentages80.8%, 79.2%, 0%

HSLhsl(58.8, 100%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.8, 100%, 80.8%)

CMYK0%, 1.9%, 100%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,552,128

CSS custom property--colour: #CECA00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.07:1

Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#3135FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCC100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFC724no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Tritanopia#DEBCACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 18 Yellow · ΔE 23.8 Yellow green · ΔE 25.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.4 Olive · ΔE 35.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 17.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0004CE

Analogous#CE6300, #6BCE00

Triadic#00CECA, #CA00CE

Split complementary#006BCE, #6300CE

Tetradic#00CE63, #0004CE, #CE006B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFD9B

Lighter +30%#FFFC68

Lighter +20%#FFFB35

Lighter +10%#FFFA02

Darker −10%#9B9800

Darker −20%#686600

Darker −30%#353400

Darker −40%#020200

More saturated +25%#CECA00

Less saturated −25%#B4B11A

Channel breakdown

R206

G202

Red206 (80.8%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue58.83°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CE · G CA · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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