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#CED321

#ced321 ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ced321 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 82.75% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.37% cyan, 0% magenta, 84.36% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 61.69°, with 72.95% saturation and 47.84% 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 12.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 3.94.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5982

Complementary

  1. #ced321
  2. #2621d3

Split complementary

  1. #ced321
  2. #2175d3
  3. #7f21d3

Analogous

  1. #d37f21
  2. #ced321
  3. #75d321

Triadic

  1. #ced321
  2. #21ced3
  3. #d321ce

Tetradic

  1. #ced321
  2. #21d326
  3. #2621d3
  4. #d321ce

Square

  1. #ced321
  2. #21d37f
  3. #2621d3
  4. #d32175

Monochromatic

  1. #4d4f0c
  2. #8d9117
  3. #ced321
  4. #e1e55b
  5. #edf09d

Shades

#ced321 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ced321
  2. #b9be1e
  3. #a5a91a
  4. #909417
  5. #7c7f14
  6. #676a11
  7. #52540d
  8. #3e3f0a
  9. #292a07
  10. #151503
  11. #000000

Tints

#ced321 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ced321
  2. #d3d737
  3. #d8dc4d
  4. #dde064
  5. #e2e57a
  6. #e7e990
  7. #ebeda6
  8. #f0f2bc
  9. #f5f6d3
  10. #fafbe9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ced321 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ced321
  2. #c6cb2b
  3. #bec234
  4. #b7ba3e
  5. #afb247
  6. #a7aa51
  7. #9fa15a
  8. #979964
  9. #90916d
  10. #888877
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cccea3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4c900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e5cd35 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ddc5b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dccd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcd02e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7cb90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ced321 {
  color: #ced321;
}
Background
.bg-ced321 {
  background-color: #ced321;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ced321 {
  border: 2px solid #ced321;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ced321;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 211 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 73% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ced321 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ced321, #75d321);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ced321 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 211 33 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.94 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.01 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.11 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 6.18 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.43 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.45 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 8.69 #312cde Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Pear
#ced321  rgb(206, 211, 33)  hsl(62, 73%, 48%)  Pear
#2621d3  rgb(38, 33, 211)  hsl(242, 73%, 48%)  Medium Blue
#21ced3  rgb(33, 206, 211)  hsl(182, 73%, 48%)  Dark Turquoise
#d321ce  rgb(211, 33, 206)  hsl(302, 73%, 48%)  Medium Orchid