#c8c811

Color #c8c811

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 20.76 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c8c811

RGB

rgb(200, 200, 17)

HSL

hsl(60, 84.3%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 91.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 91.5%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(78.25, -17.76, 76.9)

LCH

lch(78.25, 78.92, 103)

OKLCH

oklch(80.6%, 0.1731, 109.71)

HWB

hwb(60, 6.7%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1111c8

Analogous

#c86c11

#c8c811

#6cc811

Triadic

#c8c811

#11c8c8

#c811c8

Split-complementary

#c8c811

#116cc8

#6c11c8

Tetradic

#c8c811

#11c811

#1111c8

#c811c8

Square

#c8c811

#11c86c

#1111c8

#c8116c

Shades

Color #c8c811 mixed toward black.

#a6a60e

#85850b

#646409

#434306

#212103

Tints

Color #c8c811 mixed toward white.

#ecec1e

#f0f04b

#f3f378

#f7f7a5

#fbfbd2

Tones

Color #c8c811 mixed toward gray.

#b9b920

#a9a92f

#9a9a3f

#8b8b4e

#7c7c5d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c8c86a · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#c8c875 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#c88a90 · ΔE 46.3

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8c811;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8c811]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c8c811 (#c8c811) is rgb(200, 200, 17) in RGB.

No, #c8c811 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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