#cdca57

Color #cdca57

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 16.44 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#cdca57

RGB

rgb(205, 202, 87)

HSL

hsl(58.5, 54.1%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(58.5, 57.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 57.6%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(79.56, -13.68, 56.49)

LCH

lch(79.56, 58.12, 103.61)

OKLCH

oklch(81.9%, 0.1367, 107.67)

HWB

hwb(58.5, 34.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#575acd

Analogous

#cd8f57

#cdca57

#95cd57

Triadic

#cdca57

#57cdca

#ca57cd

Split-complementary

#cdca57

#5795cd

#8f57cd

Tetradic

#cdca57

#5acd57

#575acd

#ca57cd

Square

#cdca57

#57cd8f

#575acd

#cd5795

Shades

Color #cdca57 mixed toward black.

#bcb838

#96932d

#716f22

#4b4a16

#26250b

Tints

Color #cdca57 mixed toward white.

#d5d373

#dedc8f

#e6e5ab

#eeedc7

#f7f6e3

Tones

Color #cdca57 mixed toward gray.

#c3c161

#b9b76b

#b0ae75

#a6a57e

#9c9b88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cccc80 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#cccc87 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#cd979c · ΔE 39.8

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cdca57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cdca57]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cdca57 (#cdca57) is rgb(205, 202, 87) in RGB.

No, #cdca57 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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