Recognised as Colour

#CED27C

#CED27C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#CED27C is a yellow with RGB values 206, 210, 124 and HSL 63°, 49%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#CED27C#CED27C

HEX#CED27C

RGBrgb(206, 210, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.8235, 0.4863

RGB percentages80.8%, 82.4%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(62.8, 48.9%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.8, 41%, 82.4%)

CMYK1.9%, 0%, 41%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,554,300

CSS custom property--colour: #CED27C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6067WCAG 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 13.13:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#312D83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DECB75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFCE80no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D8C9BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10 Dark khaki · ΔE 10.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.7 Navajo white · ΔE 24.4 Moccasin · ΔE 24.6 Burlywood · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.96, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#807CD2

Analogous#D2AB7C, #A3D27C

Triadic#7CCED2, #D27CCE

Split complementary#7CA3D2, #AB7CD2

Tetradic#7CD2AB, #807CD2, #D27CA3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F9EE

Lighter +20%#EAECC8

Lighter +10%#DCDFA2

Darker −10%#C0C556

Darker −20%#A7AD3B

Darker −30%#83872E

Darker −40%#5E6121

More saturated +25%#E2E866

Less saturated −25%#BABC92

Channel breakdown

R206

G210

B124

Red206 (80.8%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue62.79°

Saturation (HSL)48.86%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR CE · G D2 · B 7C

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