#cdcc55

Color #cdcc55

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 17.52 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#cdcc55

RGB

rgb(205, 204, 85)

HSL

hsl(59.5, 54.5%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(59.5, 58.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.5%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(80.08, -14.83, 57.94)

LCH

lch(80.08, 59.81, 104.36)

OKLCH

oklch(82.3%, 0.1406, 108.67)

HWB

hwb(59.5, 33.3%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5556cd

Analogous

#cd9055

#cdcc55

#92cd55

Triadic

#cdcc55

#55cdcc

#cc55cd

Split-complementary

#cdcc55

#5592cd

#9055cd

Tetradic

#cdcc55

#56cd55

#5556cd

#cc55cd

Square

#cdcc55

#55cd90

#5556cd

#cd5592

Shades

Color #cdcc55 mixed toward black.

#bbba37

#95952c

#706f21

#4b4a16

#25250b

Tints

Color #cdcc55 mixed toward white.

#d5d471

#dedd8e

#e6e5aa

#eeeec6

#f7f6e3

Tones

Color #cdcc55 mixed toward gray.

#c3c25f

#b9b869

#afaf73

#a5a57d

#9b9b87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcd80 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#cdcd88 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#cd989c · ΔE 40

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cdcc55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cdcc55]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cdcc55 (#cdcc55) is rgb(205, 204, 85) in RGB.

No, #cdcc55 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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