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#CED42E

#ced42e ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ced42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 83.14% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.83% cyan, 0% magenta, 78.3% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 62.17°, with 65.87% saturation and 50.59% 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 13.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 3.58.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.6041

Complementary

  1. #ced42e
  2. #342ed4

Split complementary

  1. #ced42e
  2. #2e7bd4
  3. #872ed4

Analogous

  1. #d4872e
  2. #ced42e
  3. #7bd42e

Triadic

  1. #ced42e
  2. #2eced4
  3. #d42ece

Tetradic

  1. #ced42e
  2. #2ed434
  3. #342ed4
  4. #d42ece

Square

  1. #ced42e
  2. #2ed487
  3. #342ed4
  4. #d42e7b

Monochromatic

  1. #555712
  2. #92971f
  3. #ced42e
  4. #dde16d
  5. #eceead

Shades

#ced42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ced42e
  2. #b9bf29
  3. #a5aa25
  4. #909420
  5. #7c7f1c
  6. #676a17
  7. #525512
  8. #3e400e
  9. #292a09
  10. #151505
  11. #000000

Tints

#ced42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ced42e
  2. #d3d843
  3. #d8dd58
  4. #dde16d
  5. #e2e582
  6. #e7ea97
  7. #ebeeab
  8. #f0f2c0
  9. #f5f6d5
  10. #fafbea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ced42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ced42e
  2. #c6cc36
  3. #bec33e
  4. #b7bb47
  5. #afb24f
  6. #a7aa57
  7. #9fa25f
  8. #979967
  9. #909170
  10. #888878
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdcfa4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5ca00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e5ce3e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ddc7b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcce15 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcd038 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7cc93 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ced42e {
  color: #ced42e;
}
Background
.bg-ced42e {
  background-color: #ced42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ced42e {
  border: 2px solid #ced42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ced42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 212 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 66% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ced42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ced42e, #7bd42e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ced42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 212 46 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.58 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.32 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.47 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 6.47 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.73 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.00 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 8.55 #312bd1 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Pear
#ced42e  rgb(206, 212, 46)  hsl(62, 66%, 51%)  Pear
#342ed4  rgb(52, 46, 212)  hsl(242, 66%, 51%)  Persian Blue
#2eced4  rgb(46, 206, 212)  hsl(182, 66%, 51%)  Dark Turquoise
#d42ece  rgb(212, 46, 206)  hsl(302, 66%, 51%)  Medium Orchid