#c9cd34

Color #c9cd34

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 19.75 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c9cd34

RGB

rgb(201, 205, 52)

HSL

hsl(61.6, 60.5%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.6, 74.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(2%, 0%, 74.6%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(79.8, -18.84, 70.17)

LCH

lch(79.8, 72.66, 105.03)

OKLCH

oklch(81.9%, 0.1649, 111.07)

HWB

hwb(61.6, 20.4%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3834cd

Analogous

#cd8534

#c9cd34

#7ccd34

Triadic

#c9cd34

#34c9cd

#cd34c9

Split-complementary

#c9cd34

#347ccd

#8534cd

Tetradic

#c9cd34

#34cd38

#3834cd

#cd34c9

Square

#c9cd34

#34cd85

#3834cd

#cd347c

Shades

Color #c9cd34 mixed toward black.

#a8ac2a

#878a22

#656719

#434511

#222208

Tints

Color #c9cd34 mixed toward white.

#d2d556

#dbde78

#e4e699

#edeebb

#f6f7dd

Tones

Color #c9cd34 mixed toward gray.

#bdc041

#b1b44e

#a5a75a

#999a67

#8d8d74

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcb74 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#cbca7e · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#c99197 · ΔE 44.7

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 27.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9cd34;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9cd34]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c9cd34 (#c9cd34) is rgb(201, 205, 52) in RGB.

No, #c9cd34 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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