#cdcd27

Color #cdcd27

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 21.44 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#cdcd27

RGB

rgb(205, 205, 39)

HSL

hsl(60, 68%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 81%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 81%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(80.06, -17.62, 74.24)

LCH

lch(80.06, 76.3, 103.35)

OKLCH

oklch(82.2%, 0.1701, 109.62)

HWB

hwb(60, 15.3%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2727cd

Analogous

#cd7a27

#cdcd27

#7acd27

Triadic

#cdcd27

#27cdcd

#cd27cd

Split-complementary

#cdcd27

#277acd

#7a27cd

Tetradic

#cdcd27

#27cd27

#2727cd

#cd27cd

Square

#cdcd27

#27cd7a

#2727cd

#cd277a

Shades

Color #cdcd27 mixed toward black.

#abab21

#89891a

#666614

#44440d

#222207

Tints

Color #cdcd27 mixed toward white.

#dcdc45

#e3e36a

#eaea8f

#f1f1b4

#f8f8da

Tones

Color #cdcd27 mixed toward gray.

#bfbf35

#b1b143

#a3a350

#96965e

#88886c

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

#cdcd70 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#cdcd7b · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#cd8f95 · ΔE 45.9

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 28.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cdcd27;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cdcd27]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cdcd27 (#cdcd27) is rgb(205, 205, 39) in RGB.

No, #cdcd27 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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