#C7E708

sRGB: 199 / 231 / 8

Celestial flames awaken with sunrise
Immortal legends unfold through ancient forests
Lost whispers carry promises of spring

#C7E708 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 199 red, 231 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 68.6° lands in the yellow region. Its 93.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 46.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.86:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 199, 231, 8
HSL: 68.61°, 93.31%, 46.86%
HSV / HSB: 68.61°, 96.54%, 90.59%
CMYK (approx.): 13.85%, 0.00%, 96.54%, 9.41%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 52.171, 69.311, 10.860
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.658, -33.102, 84.252
WCAG relative luminance: 0.69311
24-bit decimal: 13100808

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #C7E708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 14.86:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.41:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#2808E7 sits half a turn (180°) from #C7E708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#C7E708 #2808E7

Analogous

#E79808 and #58E708 sit 30° to either side of #C7E708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#E79808 #C7E708 #58E708

Triadic

#C7E708, #08C7E7 and #E708C7 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C7E708 #08C7E7 #E708C7

Split complementary

Start at #C7E708 and look across the wheel. #0858E7 and #9708E7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C7E708 #0858E7 #9708E7

Square

Starting with #C7E708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #08E798, #2808E7, then #E70858. Across the square, #C7E708 pairs with #2808E7, and #08E798 with #E70858.

#C7E708 #08E798 #2808E7 #E70858

Tetradic

#C7E708 and #2808E7 are opposites, as are #08E728 and #E708C7. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C7E708 #08E728 #2808E7 #E708C7

Tints

Mixing #C7E708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D2EC39, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4FACE, the mixture is 80% white.

#C7E708 #D2EC39 #DDF16B #E9F59C #F4FACE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C7E708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9FB906, keeps 80% of the original. By #282E02, the mixture is 80% black.

#C7E708 #9FB906 #778B05 #505C03 #282E02 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C7E708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B9D220, keeps 80% of the original. By #8E9568, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C7E708 #B9D220 #ABBE38 #9CA950 #8E9568 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#C7E708

RGB

rgb(199 231 8)

HSL

hsl(68.610 93.305% 46.863%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C7E708;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C7E708 uses 199 red, 231 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 78.0%

Green 90.6%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C7E708 is 13.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 96.5% yellow and 9.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 13.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 96.5%

Black 9.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCEE00. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CE0 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C7E708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFF00, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCEE00 Nearest web-safe: #CCFF00

Gradient to complement

#C7E708 #ADC22D #929D52 #787878 #5D529D #432DC2 #2808E7

Color vision previews

Compare how #C7E708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F7D900

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#F3D930

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#D4DAC5

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E8DE00

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E7DE25

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CCE27D

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D9D9D9

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D0E09F

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.57112 G 0.79910 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.80457 G 0.90208 B 0.29300

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.61160 G 0.79154 B 0.06982

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.394 y 0.524 Y 69.311

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 21.961 M % 9.412 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11000111 11100111 00001000