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#CED40F

#ced40f ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ced40f 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 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.83% cyan, 0% magenta, 92.92% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 61.83°, with 86.78% saturation and 44.51% 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 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 3.85.

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Relative luminance0.6024

Complementary

  1. #ced40f
  2. #150fd4

Split complementary

  1. #ced40f
  2. #0f6bd4
  3. #780fd4

Analogous

  1. #d4780f
  2. #ced40f
  3. #6bd40f

Triadic

  1. #ced40f
  2. #0fced4
  3. #d40fce

Tetradic

  1. #ced40f
  2. #0fd415
  3. #150fd4
  4. #d40fce

Square

  1. #ced40f
  2. #0fd478
  3. #150fd4
  4. #d40f6b

Monochromatic

  1. #434505
  2. #898d0a
  3. #ced40f
  4. #ecf13e
  5. #f3f686

Shades

#ced40f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ced40f
  2. #b9bf0e
  3. #a5aa0c
  4. #90940b
  5. #7c7f09
  6. #676a08
  7. #525506
  8. #3e4005
  9. #292a03
  10. #151502
  11. #000000

Tints

#ced40f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ced40f
  2. #d3d827
  3. #d8dd3f
  4. #dde157
  5. #e2e56f
  6. #e7ea87
  7. #ebee9f
  8. #f0f2b7
  9. #f5f6cf
  10. #fafbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ced40f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ced40f
  2. #c6cc1a
  3. #bec326
  4. #b7bb31
  5. #afb23c
  6. #a7aa48
  7. #9fa253
  8. #97995e
  9. #909169
  10. #888875
  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 #e6ce2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ddc6b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcce00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddd024 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7cc90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ced40f {
  color: #ced40f;
}
Background
.bg-ced40f {
  background-color: #ced40f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ced40f {
  border: 2px solid #ced40f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ced40f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 212 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 87% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ced40f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ced40f, #6bd40f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ced40f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 212 15 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.85 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.87 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.02 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.04 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.80 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.00 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 8.41 #312bf0 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Pear
#ced40f  rgb(206, 212, 15)  hsl(62, 87%, 45%)  Pear
#150fd4  rgb(21, 15, 212)  hsl(242, 87%, 45%)  Medium Blue
#0fced4  rgb(15, 206, 212)  hsl(182, 87%, 45%)  Dark Turquoise
#d40fce  rgb(212, 15, 206)  hsl(302, 87%, 45%)  Medium Orchid