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#CED74F

#ced74f ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ced74f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 84.31% green and 30.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.19% cyan, 0% magenta, 63.26% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 63.97°, with 62.96% saturation and 57.65% 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 13.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 3.92.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.6229

Complementary

  1. #ced74f
  2. #584fd7

Split complementary

  1. #ced74f
  2. #4f8ad7
  3. #9c4fd7

Analogous

  1. #d79c4f
  2. #ced74f
  3. #8ad74f

Triadic

  1. #ced74f
  2. #4fced7
  3. #d74fce

Tetradic

  1. #ced74f
  2. #4fd758
  3. #584fd7
  4. #d74fce

Square

  1. #ced74f
  2. #4fd79c
  3. #584fd7
  4. #d74f8a

Monochromatic

  1. #6d731a
  2. #a8b128
  3. #ced74f
  4. #dfe58d
  5. #f1f3cc

Shades

#ced74f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ced74f
  2. #b9c247
  3. #a5ac3f
  4. #909737
  5. #7c812f
  6. #676c28
  7. #525620
  8. #3e4118
  9. #292b10
  10. #151608
  11. #000000

Tints

#ced74f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ced74f
  2. #d3db61
  3. #d8df72
  4. #dde384
  5. #e2e795
  6. #e7eba7
  7. #ebefb9
  8. #f0f3ca
  9. #f5f7dc
  10. #fafbed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ced74f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ced74f
  2. #c6ce54
  3. #bec659
  4. #b7bd5e
  5. #afb463
  6. #a7ac68
  7. #9fa36c
  8. #979a71
  9. #909176
  10. #88897b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfd2ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6cd3d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6d058 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dbcbbb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddd145 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddd355 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6d09b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ced74f {
  color: #ced74f;
}
Background
.bg-ced74f {
  background-color: #ced74f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ced74f {
  border: 2px solid #ced74f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ced74f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 215 79;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 63% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ced74f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ced74f, #8ad74f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ced74f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 215 79 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.92 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 4.55 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.79 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 7.70 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 8.13 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 8.41 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.43 #3128b0 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Pear
#ced74f  rgb(206, 215, 79)  hsl(64, 63%, 58%)  Pear
#584fd7  rgb(88, 79, 215)  hsl(244, 63%, 58%)  Iris
#4fced7  rgb(79, 206, 215)  hsl(184, 63%, 58%)  Dark Turquoise
#d74fce  rgb(215, 79, 206)  hsl(304, 63%, 58%)  Medium Orchid