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#CDC87F

#cdc87f ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cdc87f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 78.43% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.44% magenta, 38.05% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 56.15°, with 43.82% saturation and 65.1% 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 12.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 4.49.

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Relative luminance0.5582

Complementary

  1. #cdc87f
  2. #7f84cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdc87f
  2. #7fabcd
  3. #a17fcd

Analogous

  1. #cda17f
  2. #cdc87f
  3. #abcd7f

Triadic

  1. #cdc87f
  2. #7fcdc8
  3. #c87fcd

Tetradic

  1. #cdc87f
  2. #84cd7f
  3. #7f84cd
  4. #c87fcd

Square

  1. #cdc87f
  2. #7fcda1
  3. #7f84cd
  4. #cd7fab

Monochromatic

  1. #817c32
  2. #b8b048
  3. #cdc87f
  4. #e2e0b6
  5. #f8f7ed

Shades

#cdc87f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdc87f
  2. #b9b472
  3. #a4a066
  4. #908c59
  5. #7b784c
  6. #676440
  7. #525033
  8. #3e3c26
  9. #292819
  10. #15140d
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdc87f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdc87f
  2. #d2ce8c
  3. #d7d399
  4. #dcd9a5
  5. #e1deb2
  6. #e6e4bf
  7. #ebe9cc
  8. #f0efd9
  9. #f5f4e5
  10. #fafaf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdc87f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdc87f
  2. #c5c17f
  3. #beba7f
  4. #b6b27f
  5. #aeab7f
  6. #a7a480
  7. #9f9d80
  8. #979680
  9. #8f8e80
  10. #888780
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8c6ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4c37a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6c782 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d8bfb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1c57c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3c781 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3c3a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdc87f {
  color: #cdc87f;
}
Background
.bg-cdc87f {
  background-color: #cdc87f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdc87f {
  border: 2px solid #cdc87f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdc87f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 200 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 44% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdc87f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdc87f, #abcd7f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdc87f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 200 127 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.49 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.74 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.83 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.89 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.10 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.25 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 7.68 #323780 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#cdc87f  rgb(205, 200, 127)  hsl(56, 44%, 65%)  Dark Khaki
#7f84cd  rgb(127, 132, 205)  hsl(236, 44%, 65%)  Glaucous
#7fcdc8  rgb(127, 205, 200)  hsl(176, 44%, 65%)  Medium Turquoise
#c87fcd  rgb(200, 127, 205)  hsl(296, 44%, 65%)  Orchid