#cdcd9b

Color #cdcd9b

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 11.53 Nearest Tailwind class amber-100 #fef3c6 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#cdcd9b

RGB

rgb(205, 205, 155)

HSL

hsl(60, 33.3%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 24.4%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 24.4%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(81.3, -8.03, 24.99)

LCH

lch(81.3, 26.25, 107.81)

OKLCH

oklch(83.6%, 0.0663, 107.75)

HWB

hwb(60, 60.8%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b9bcd

Analogous

#cdb49b

#cdcd9b

#b4cd9b

Triadic

#cdcd9b

#9bcdcd

#cd9bcd

Split-complementary

#cdcd9b

#9bb4cd

#b49bcd

Tetradic

#cdcd9b

#9bcd9b

#9b9bcd

#cd9bcd

Square

#cdcd9b

#9bcdb4

#9b9bcd

#cd9bb4

Shades

Color #cdcd9b mixed toward black.

#b9b973

#a0a050

#78783c

#505028

#282814

Tints

Color #cdcd9b mixed toward white.

#d5d5ac

#dedebc

#e6e6cd

#eeeede

#f7f7ee

Tones

Color #cdcd9b mixed toward gray.

#c9c99f

#c5c5a3

#c1c1a8

#bcbcac

#b8b8b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcda9 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#cdcdac · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#cdb3b5 · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#cacaca · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cdcd9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cdcd9b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cdcd9b (#cdcd9b) is rgb(205, 205, 155) in RGB.

No, #cdcd9b 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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