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#C8D224

#c8d224 ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8d224 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 82.35% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.76% cyan, 0% magenta, 82.86% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 63.45°, with 70.73% saturation and 48.24% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 3.73.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.585

Complementary

  1. #c8d224
  2. #2e24d2

Split complementary

  1. #c8d224
  2. #2471d2
  3. #8524d2

Analogous

  1. #d28524
  2. #c8d224
  3. #71d224

Triadic

  1. #c8d224
  2. #24c8d2
  3. #d224c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8d224
  2. #24d22e
  3. #2e24d2
  4. #d224c8

Square

  1. #c8d224
  2. #24d285
  3. #2e24d2
  4. #d22471

Monochromatic

  1. #4c4f0e
  2. #8a9119
  3. #c8d224
  4. #dce45f
  5. #eaefa0

Shades

#c8d224 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8d224
  2. #b4bd20
  3. #a0a81d
  4. #8c9319
  5. #787e16
  6. #646912
  7. #50540e
  8. #3c3f0b
  9. #282a07
  10. #141504
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8d224 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8d224
  2. #ced73a
  3. #d3db50
  4. #d9e066
  5. #dee47c
  6. #e4e992
  7. #e9eda7
  8. #eff2bd
  9. #f4f6d3
  10. #fafbe9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8d224 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8d224
  2. #c1ca2d
  3. #bac236
  4. #b2b940
  5. #abb149
  6. #a4a952
  7. #9da15b
  8. #969964
  9. #8e906e
  10. #878877
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9cda1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2c800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2cb37 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d6c5b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8cc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8ce30 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d1ca90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8d224 {
  color: #c8d224;
}
Background
.bg-c8d224 {
  background-color: #c8d224;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8d224 {
  border: 2px solid #c8d224;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8d224;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 210 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 71% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8d224 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8d224, #71d224);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8d224 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 210 36 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.73 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.43 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.23 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 7.27 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 7.30 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.90 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 9.12 #372ddb Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Pear
#c8d224  rgb(200, 210, 36)  hsl(63, 71%, 48%)  Pear
#2e24d2  rgb(46, 36, 210)  hsl(243, 71%, 48%)  Medium Blue
#24c8d2  rgb(36, 200, 210)  hsl(183, 71%, 48%)  Dark Turquoise
#d224c8  rgb(210, 36, 200)  hsl(303, 71%, 48%)  Medium Orchid