#CDC708

sRGB · 205 / 199 / 8

#CDC708 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 199 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 58.2° lands in the yellow region. Its 92.5% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 41.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.77:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 199, 8
HSL: 58.17°, 92.49%, 41.76%
HSV / HSB: 58.17°, 96.10%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 2.93%, 96.10%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 45.643, 53.844, 8.218
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.371, -15.224, 78.191
WCAG relative luminance: 0.53844
24-bit decimal: 13485832

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CDC708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 11.77:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.78:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#080ECD sits half a turn (180°) from #CDC708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CDC708 #080ECD

Analogous

#CD6408 and #71CD08 sit 30° to either side of #CDC708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CD6408 #CDC708 #71CD08

Triadic

#CDC708, #08CDC7 and #C708CD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CDC708 #08CDC7 #C708CD

Split complementary

Start at #CDC708 and look across the wheel. #0871CD and #6408CD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CDC708 #0871CD #6408CD

Square

Starting with #CDC708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #08CD64, #080ECD, then #CD0871. Across the square, #CDC708 pairs with #080ECD, and #08CD64 with #CD0871.

#CDC708 #08CD64 #080ECD #CD0871

Tetradic

#CDC708 and #080ECD are opposites, as are #0ECD08 and #C708CD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CDC708 #0ECD08 #080ECD #C708CD

Tints

Mixing #CDC708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7D239, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F4CE, the mixture is 80% white.

#CDC708 #D7D239 #E1DD6B #EBE99C #F5F4CE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CDC708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A49F06, keeps 80% of the original. By #292802, the mixture is 80% black.

#CDC708 #A49F06 #7B7705 #525003 #292802 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CDC708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEB920, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8E68, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CDC708 #BEB920 #AEAB38 #9F9C50 #8F8E68 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CDC708

RGB

rgb(205 199 8)

HSL

hsl(58.173 92.488% 41.765%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CDC708;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CDC708 uses 205 red, 199 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 78.0%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CDC708 is 0.0% cyan, 2.9% magenta, 96.1% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 2.9%

Yellow 96.1%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCCC00. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CC0 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CDC708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC00, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #CCCC00 Nearest web-safe · #CCCC00

Gradient to complement

#CDC708 #ACA829 #8B894A #6B6B6B #4A4C8B #292DAC #080ECD

Color vision previews

Compare how #CDC708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#D9BF00

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#DCC526

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#DDB9A9

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D5C200

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D7C51C

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D1C36B

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#C2C2C2

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C8C48E

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.61050 G 0.57112 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.79981 G 0.78119 B 0.25764

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.60351 G 0.57243 B 0.05399

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.424 y 0.500 Y 53.844

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 19.608 M % 21.961 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001101 11000111 00001000