#cdb100

Color #cdb100

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 14.01 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-400 #fdc700 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#cdb100

RGB

rgb(205, 177, 0)

HSL

hsl(51.8, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(51.8, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 100%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(72.51, -4.03, 74.76)

LCH

lch(72.51, 74.87, 93.09)

OKLCH

oklch(76.2%, 0.1573, 97.71)

HWB

hwb(51.8, 0%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#001ccd

Analogous

#cd4a00

#cdb100

#83cd00

Triadic

#cdb100

#00cdb1

#b100cd

Split-complementary

#cdb100

#0083cd

#4a00cd

Tetradic

#cdb100

#1ccd00

#001ccd

#b100cd

Square

#cdb100

#00cd4a

#001ccd

#cd0083

Shades

Color #cdb100 mixed toward black.

#ab9400

#897600

#675900

#443b00

#221e00

Tints

Color #cdb100 mixed toward white.

#ffdc01

#ffe334

#ffea67

#fff199

#fff8cc

Tones

Color #cdb100 mixed toward gray.

#bca511

#ab9822

#9a8c33

#897f44

#787355

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c15c · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#c3c566 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#cc797e · ΔE 43.4

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 27.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cdb100;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cdb100]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#cdb100 (#cdb100) is rgb(205, 177, 0) in RGB.

No, #cdb100 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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