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#C8CD4E

#c8cd4e ≈ June Bud

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8cd4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 80.39% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.44% cyan, 0% magenta, 61.95% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 62.36°, with 55.95% saturation and 55.49% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is June Bud (#bdda57), ΔE 5.62.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5649

Complementary

  1. #c8cd4e
  2. #534ecd

Split complementary

  1. #c8cd4e
  2. #4e89cd
  3. #924ecd

Analogous

  1. #cd924e
  2. #c8cd4e
  3. #89cd4e

Triadic

  1. #c8cd4e
  2. #4ec8cd
  3. #cd4ec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8cd4e
  2. #4ecd53
  3. #534ecd
  4. #cd4ec8

Square

  1. #c8cd4e
  2. #4ecd92
  3. #534ecd
  4. #cd4e89

Monochromatic

  1. #63651d
  2. #9ca12d
  3. #c8cd4e
  4. #dbde8a
  5. #edefc5

Shades

#c8cd4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8cd4e
  2. #b4b946
  3. #a0a43e
  4. #8c9037
  5. #787b2f
  6. #646727
  7. #50521f
  8. #3c3e17
  9. #282910
  10. #141508
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8cd4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8cd4e
  2. #ced260
  3. #d3d771
  4. #d9dc83
  5. #dee195
  6. #e4e6a7
  7. #e9ebb8
  8. #eff0ca
  9. #f4f5dc
  10. #fafaed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8cd4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8cd4e
  2. #c1c553
  3. #babe58
  4. #b2b65d
  5. #abae62
  6. #a4a767
  7. #9d9f6c
  8. #969771
  9. #8e8f76
  10. #87887b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7c9a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcc43e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc856 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d5c1b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4c845 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5ca53 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d0c695 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8cd4e {
  color: #c8cd4e;
}
Background
.bg-c8cd4e {
  background-color: #c8cd4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8cd4e {
  border: 2px solid #c8cd4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8cd4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 205 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 56% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8cd4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8cd4e, #89cd4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8cd4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 205 78 / 0.35);
}

#bdda57 June Bud ΔE 5.62 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.81 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.10 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.30 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.58 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 8.68 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 8.85 #3732b1 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

June Bud
#c8cd4e  rgb(200, 205, 78)  hsl(62, 56%, 55%)  June Bud
#534ecd  rgb(83, 78, 205)  hsl(242, 56%, 55%)  Iris
#4ec8cd  rgb(78, 200, 205)  hsl(182, 56%, 55%)  Dark Turquoise
#cd4ec8  rgb(205, 78, 200)  hsl(302, 56%, 55%)  Medium Orchid