#cdcc53

Color #cdcc53

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 18.21 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#cdcc53

RGB

rgb(205, 204, 83)

HSL

hsl(59.5, 55%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(59.5, 59.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 59.5%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(80.06, -14.97, 58.79)

LCH

lch(80.06, 60.67, 104.29)

OKLCH

oklch(82.3%, 0.1422, 108.7)

HWB

hwb(59.5, 32.5%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5354cd

Analogous

#cd8f53

#cdcc53

#91cd53

Triadic

#cdcc53

#53cdcc

#cc53cd

Split-complementary

#cdcc53

#5391cd

#8f53cd

Tetradic

#cdcc53

#54cd53

#5354cd

#cc53cd

Square

#cdcc53

#53cd8f

#5354cd

#cd5391

Shades

Color #cdcc53 mixed toward black.

#bab936

#95942b

#706f20

#4a4a16

#25250b

Tints

Color #cdcc53 mixed toward white.

#d5d570

#dedd8c

#e6e6a9

#eeeec6

#f7f7e2

Tones

Color #cdcc53 mixed toward gray.

#c3c25d

#b9b867

#afae72

#a4a47c

#9a9a86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcd7f · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#cdcd87 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#cd979c · ΔE 40.7

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 25.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cdcc53;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cdcc53]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cdcc53 (#cdcc53) is rgb(205, 204, 83) in RGB.

No, #cdcc53 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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