#cced00

Color #cced00

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow #ffff00 · ΔE 16.97 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#cced00

RGB

rgb(204, 237, 0)

HSL

hsl(68.4, 100%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.4, 100%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 100%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(88.64, -33.91, 86.54)

LCH

lch(88.64, 92.95, 111.4)

OKLCH

oklch(89.1%, 0.2101, 119.38)

HWB

hwb(68.4, 0%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2100ed

Analogous

#ed9800

#cced00

#55ed00

Triadic

#cced00

#00cced

#ed00cc

Split-complementary

#cced00

#0055ed

#9800ed

Tetradic

#cced00

#00ed21

#2100ed

#ed00cc

Square

#cced00

#00ed98

#2100ed

#ed0055

Shades

Color #cced00 mixed toward black.

#aac600

#889e00

#667700

#444f00

#222800

Tints

Color #cced00 mixed toward white.

#dfff1c

#e6ff49

#ecff77

#f2ffa4

#f9ffd2

Tones

Color #cced00 mixed toward gray.

#bed914

#afc628

#a1b23b

#939e4f

#858a63

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dbdb7d · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#d9d78a · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#cea3aa · ΔE 48.4

Achromatopsia

#dedede · ΔE 30.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #cced00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cced00]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cced00 (#cced00) is rgb(204, 237, 0) in RGB.

No, #cced00 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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