#cdcd00

Color #cdcd00

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 19.1 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#cdcd00

RGB

rgb(205, 205, 0)

HSL

hsl(60, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(79.98, -18.28, 80.15)

LCH

lch(79.98, 82.21, 102.85)

OKLCH

oklch(82.1%, 0.179, 109.75)

HWB

hwb(60, 0%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0000cd

Analogous

#cd6700

#cdcd00

#67cd00

Triadic

#cdcd00

#00cdcd

#cd00cd

Split-complementary

#cdcd00

#0067cd

#6700cd

Tetradic

#cdcd00

#00cd00

#0000cd

#cd00cd

Square

#cdcd00

#00cd67

#0000cd

#cd0067

Shades

Color #cdcd00 mixed toward black.

#abab00

#898900

#676700

#444400

#222200

Tints

Color #cdcd00 mixed toward white.

#ffff01

#ffff34

#ffff67

#ffff99

#ffffcc

Tones

Color #cdcd00 mixed toward gray.

#bcbc11

#abab22

#9a9a33

#898944

#787855

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcd6b · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#cdcd77 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#cd8d93 · ΔE 47.2

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 28.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #cdcd00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cdcd00]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cdcd00 (#cdcd00) is rgb(205, 205, 0) in RGB.

No, #cdcd00 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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