Recognised as Colour

#CDC21E

#CDC21E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#CDC21E is a yellow with RGB values 205, 194, 30 and HSL 56°, 74%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#CDC21E#CDC21E

HEX#CDC21E

RGBrgb(205, 194, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.7608, 0.1176

RGB percentages80.4%, 76.1%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(56.2, 74.5%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.2, 85.4%, 80.4%)

CMYK0%, 5.4%, 85.4%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,484,574

CSS custom property--colour: #CDC21E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51656WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.33:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#323DE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4BB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8C12Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Tritanopia#DDB4A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 19.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.4 Yellow green · ΔE 26.7 Yellow · ΔE 30.2 Olive · ΔE 30.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 19.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#1E29CD

Analogous#CD6A1E, #81CD1E

Triadic#1ECDC2, #C21ECD

Split complementary#1E81CD, #6A1ECD

Tetradic#1ECD6A, #1E29CD, #CD1E81

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F6F3C1

Lighter +30%#EFEA95

Lighter +20%#E9E168

Lighter +10%#E2D83C

Darker −10%#A19817

Darker −20%#746E11

Darker −30%#48440A

Darker −40%#1B1A04

More saturated +25%#EADC01

Less saturated −25%#B0A83B

Channel breakdown

R205

G194

B30

Red205 (80.4%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue56.23°

Saturation (HSL)74.47%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CD · G C2 · B 1E

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

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