#ced979

Color #ced979

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 10.83 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ced979

RGB

rgb(206, 217, 121)

HSL

hsl(66.9, 55.8%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.9, 44.2%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 44.2%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(84.03, -17.78, 45.84)

LCH

lch(84.03, 49.17, 111.2)

OKLCH

oklch(85.6%, 0.1211, 114.34)

HWB

hwb(66.9, 47.5%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8479d9

Analogous

#d9b479

#ced979

#9ed979

Triadic

#ced979

#79ced9

#d979ce

Split-complementary

#ced979

#799ed9

#b479d9

Tetradic

#ced979

#79d984

#8479d9

#d979ce

Square

#ced979

#79d9b4

#8479d9

#d9799e

Shades

Color #ced979 mixed toward black.

#becd4d

#a1b032

#798425

#515819

#282c0c

Tints

Color #ced979 mixed toward white.

#d6df8f

#dee6a6

#e6ecbc

#eff2d2

#f7f9e9

Tones

Color #ced979 mixed toward gray.

#c8d181

#c2c989

#bcc191

#b5b999

#afb1a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d3d398 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#d2d19e · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#cfabaf · ΔE 35.9

Achromatopsia

#d2d2d2 · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ced979;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ced979]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ced979 (#ced979) is rgb(206, 217, 121) in RGB.

No, #ced979 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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