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#CED409

#ced409 ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ced409 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 83.14% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.83% cyan, 0% magenta, 95.75% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 61.77°, with 91.86% saturation and 43.33% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 3.9.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.6023

Complementary

  1. #ced409
  2. #0f09d4

Split complementary

  1. #ced409
  2. #0969d4
  3. #7409d4

Analogous

  1. #d47409
  2. #ced409
  3. #69d409

Triadic

  1. #ced409
  2. #09ced4
  3. #d409ce

Tetradic

  1. #ced409
  2. #09d40f
  3. #0f09d4
  4. #d409ce

Square

  1. #ced409
  2. #09d474
  3. #0f09d4
  4. #d40969

Monochromatic

  1. #3f4103
  2. #878b06
  3. #ced409
  4. #f1f633
  5. #f6f97d

Shades

#ced409 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ced409
  2. #b9bf08
  3. #a5aa07
  4. #909406
  5. #7c7f05
  6. #676a05
  7. #525504
  8. #3e4003
  9. #292a02
  10. #151501
  11. #000000

Tints

#ced409 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ced409
  2. #d3d822
  3. #d8dd3a
  4. #dde153
  5. #e2e56b
  6. #e7ea84
  7. #ebee9d
  8. #f0f2b5
  9. #f5f6ce
  10. #fafbe6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ced409 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ced409
  2. #c6cc15
  3. #bec321
  4. #b7bb2d
  5. #afb239
  6. #a7aa45
  7. #9fa250
  8. #97995c
  9. #909168
  10. #888874
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdcfa2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5ca00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6ce2a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ddc6b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcce00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddd021 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7cc8f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ced409 {
  color: #ced409;
}
Background
.bg-ced409 {
  background-color: #ced409;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ced409 {
  border: 2px solid #ced409;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ced409;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 212 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 92% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ced409 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ced409, #69d409);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ced409 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 212 9 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.90 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.83 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.99 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.03 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.91 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.10 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 8.37 #312bf6 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Pear
#ced409  rgb(206, 212, 9)  hsl(62, 92%, 43%)  Pear
#0f09d4  rgb(15, 9, 212)  hsl(242, 92%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#09ced4  rgb(9, 206, 212)  hsl(182, 92%, 43%)  Dark Turquoise
#d409ce  rgb(212, 9, 206)  hsl(302, 92%, 43%)  Medium Orchid