Recognised as Colour

#CDC36E

#CDC36E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#CDC36E is a yellow with RGB values 205, 195, 110 and HSL 54°, 49%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#CDC36E#CDC36E

HEX#CDC36E

RGBrgb(205, 195, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.7647, 0.4314

RGB percentages80.4%, 76.5%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(53.7, 48.7%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.7, 46.3%, 80.4%)

CMYK0%, 4.9%, 46.3%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,484,910

CSS custom property--colour: #CDC36E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53135WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.63:1

Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#323C91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1BE67no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4C372no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D9B9AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6.4 Khaki · ΔE 12.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.4 Burlywood · ΔE 20.5 Navajo white · ΔE 23.4 Tan · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.41, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6E78CD

Analogous#CD936E, #A8CD6E

Triadic#6ECDC3, #C36ECD

Split complementary#6EA7CD, #946ECD

Tetradic#6ECD93, #6E78CD, #CD6EA7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4F2E0

Lighter +20%#E7E2BA

Lighter +10%#DAD394

Darker −10%#C0B348

Darker −20%#9E9337

Darker −30%#78702A

Darker −40%#534D1C

More saturated +25%#E5D656

Less saturated −25%#B5B086

Channel breakdown

R205

G195

B110

Red205 (80.4%)

Green195 (76.5%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue53.68°

Saturation (HSL)48.72%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CD · G C3 · B 6E

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