Recognised as Colour

#D8CF00

#D8CF00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#D8CF00 is a yellow with RGB values 216, 207, 0 and HSL 58°, 100%, 42%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#D8CF00#D8CF00

HEX#D8CF00

RGBrgb(216, 207, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.8118, 0

RGB percentages84.7%, 81.2%, 0%

HSLhsl(57.5, 100%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.5, 100%, 84.7%)

CMYK0%, 4.2%, 100%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,208,768

CSS custom property--colour: #D8CF00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.84:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#2730FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2C700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6CD25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E9C0B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 14.9 Yellow · ΔE 21.5 Yellow green · ΔE 28.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 38 Khaki · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 14.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0009D8

Analogous#D86300, #75D800

Triadic#00D8CF, #CF00D8

Split complementary#0075D8, #6300D8

Tetradic#00D863, #0009D8, #D80075

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBA5

Lighter +30%#FFF972

Lighter +20%#FFF73F

Lighter +10%#FFF50C

Darker −10%#A59E00

Darker −20%#726D00

Darker −30%#3F3C00

Darker −40%#0C0B00

More saturated +25%#D8CF00

Less saturated −25%#BDB61B

Channel breakdown

R216

G207

Red216 (84.7%)

Green207 (81.2%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue57.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D8 · G CF · B 00

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#D8CF00

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else