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Recognised as Colour

#CDD72C

  • #CDD72C
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#CDD72C is a yellow with RGB values 205, 215, 44 and HSL 64°, 68%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#CDD72C#CDD72C
HEX#CDD72C
RGBrgb(205, 215, 44)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8431, 0.1725
RGB percentages80.4%, 84.3%, 17.3%
HSLhsl(63.5, 68.1%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(63.5, 79.5%, 84.3%)
CMYK4.7%, 0%, 79.5%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,489,964
CSS custom property--colour: #CDD72C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61762WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.8 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#C9C9C9
Inverted#3228D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8CC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8D03Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Tritanopia#DBCAB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69 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

Yellow green · ΔE 19Yellow · ΔE 24Gold · ΔE 24Green yellow · ΔE 32.2Goldenrod · ΔE 33.8Khaki · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 18.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#362CD7
Analogous#D78B2C, #78D72C
Triadic#2CCDD7, #D72CCD
Split complementary#2C78D7, #8B2CD7
Tetradic#2CD78B, #362CD7, #D72C78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F8D7
Lighter +30%#EBEFAD
Lighter +20%#E1E782
Lighter +10%#D7DF57
Darker −10%#A7AF21
Darker −20%#7E8419
Darker −30%#555911
Darker −40%#2C2E09
More saturated +25%#E9F60D
Less saturated −25%#B1B84B

Channel breakdown

R205
G215
B44
Red205 (80.4%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue44 (17.3%)
Hue63.51°
Saturation (HSL)68.13%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CD · G D7 · B 2C

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