Recognised as Colour

#CDD657

#CDD657
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#CDD657 is a yellow with RGB values 205, 214, 87 and HSL 64°, 61%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#CDD657#CDD657

HEX#CDD657

RGBrgb(205, 214, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8392, 0.3412

RGB percentages80.4%, 83.9%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(64.3, 60.8%, 59%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64.3, 59.3%, 83.9%)

CMYK4.2%, 0%, 59.3%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,489,751

CSS custom property--colour: #CDD657;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6176WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.35:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#3229A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5CD48no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5D05Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Tritanopia#DACABBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 19.9 Yellow green · ΔE 20.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 31.2 Olive · ΔE 31.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 19.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6057D6

Analogous#D6A057, #8ED657

Triadic#57CDD6, #D657CD

Split complementary#578ED6, #9F57D6

Tetradic#57D69F, #6057D6, #D6578E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFEFB

Lighter +30%#F2F4D2

Lighter +20%#E5EAA9

Lighter +10%#D9E080

Darker −10%#BEC931

Darker −20%#97A027

Darker −30%#71771D

Darker −40%#4A4E13

More saturated +25%#E3F03D

Less saturated −25%#B7BC71

Channel breakdown

R205

G214

B87

Red205 (80.4%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue64.25°

Saturation (HSL)60.77%

Lightness59.02%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR CD · G D6 · B 57

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