Recognised as Colour

#CDD379

#CDD379
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#CDD379 is a yellow with RGB values 205, 211, 121 and HSL 64°, 51%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#CDD379#CDD379

HEX#CDD379

RGBrgb(205, 211, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8275, 0.4745

RGB percentages80.4%, 82.7%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(64, 50.6%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64, 42.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK2.8%, 0%, 42.7%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,489,017

CSS custom property--colour: #CDD379;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.19:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#322C86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFCC72no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFCE7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D7C9BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 11.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.4 Navajo white · ΔE 26.2 Moccasin · ΔE 26.5 Burlywood · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7F79D3

Analogous#D3AC79, #A0D379

Triadic#79CDD3, #D379CD

Split complementary#79A0D3, #AC79D3

Tetradic#79D3AC, #7F79D3, #D379A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F9EC

Lighter +20%#EAECC6

Lighter +10%#DBE09F

Darker −10%#BFC653

Darker −20%#A5AD39

Darker −30%#81872C

Darker −40%#5C6020

More saturated +25%#E0E963

Less saturated −25%#BABD8F

Channel breakdown

R205

G211

B121

Red205 (80.4%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue64°

Saturation (HSL)50.56%

Lightness65.1%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR CD · G D3 · B 79

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