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#CDC87C

#cdc87c ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cdc87c 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 48.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.44% magenta, 39.51% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 56.3°, with 44.75% saturation and 64.51% 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 12.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 4.4.

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Relative luminance0.5574

Complementary

  1. #cdc87c
  2. #7c81cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdc87c
  2. #7ca9cd
  3. #a07ccd

Analogous

  1. #cda07c
  2. #cdc87c
  3. #a9cd7c

Triadic

  1. #cdc87c
  2. #7ccdc8
  3. #c87ccd

Tetradic

  1. #cdc87c
  2. #81cd7c
  3. #7c81cd
  4. #c87ccd

Square

  1. #cdc87c
  2. #7ccda0
  3. #7c81cd
  4. #cd7ca9

Monochromatic

  1. #7f7b31
  2. #b7b046
  3. #cdc87c
  4. #e2dfb3
  5. #f7f6eb

Shades

#cdc87c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdc87c
  2. #b9b470
  3. #a4a063
  4. #908c57
  5. #7b784a
  6. #67643e
  7. #525032
  8. #3e3c25
  9. #292819
  10. #15140c
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdc87c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdc87c
  2. #d2ce89
  3. #d7d396
  4. #dcd9a3
  5. #e1deb0
  6. #e6e4be
  7. #ebe9cb
  8. #f0efd8
  9. #f5f4e5
  10. #fafaf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdc87c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdc87c
  2. #c5c17c
  3. #beba7d
  4. #b6b27d
  5. #aeab7e
  6. #a7a47e
  7. #9f9d7e
  8. #97967f
  9. #8f8e7f
  10. #888780
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8c6ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4c376 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6c77f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d8bfb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1c579 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3c77e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4c3a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdc87c {
  color: #cdc87c;
}
Background
.bg-cdc87c {
  background-color: #cdc87c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdc87c {
  border: 2px solid #cdc87c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdc87c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 200 124;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 45% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdc87c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdc87c, #a9cd7c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdc87c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 200 124 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.40 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.37 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.71 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.85 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.09 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 7.26 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 7.54 #323783 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#cdc87c  rgb(205, 200, 124)  hsl(56, 45%, 65%)  Dark Khaki
#7c81cd  rgb(124, 129, 205)  hsl(236, 45%, 65%)  Glaucous
#7ccdc8  rgb(124, 205, 200)  hsl(176, 45%, 65%)  Medium Turquoise
#c87ccd  rgb(200, 124, 205)  hsl(296, 45%, 65%)  Orchid