#CDD708

sRGB · 205 / 215 / 8

#CDD708 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 215 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 62.9° lands in the yellow region. Its 92.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 43.7% 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 (13.32:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 215, 8
HSL: 62.90°, 92.83%, 43.73%
HSV / HSB: 62.90°, 96.28%, 84.31%
CMYK (approx.): 4.65%, 0.00%, 96.28%, 15.69%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 49.519, 61.598, 9.511
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.699, -23.095, 81.438
WCAG relative luminance: 0.61598
24-bit decimal: 13489928

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 #CDD708 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 · 13.32:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.58:1

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

#1208D7 sits half a turn (180°) from #CDD708 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.

#CDD708 #1208D7

Analogous

#D77A08 and #66D708 sit 30° to either side of #CDD708. 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.

#D77A08 #CDD708 #66D708

Triadic

#CDD708, #08CDD7 and #D708CD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CDD708 #08CDD7 #D708CD

Split complementary

Start at #CDD708 and look across the wheel. #0865D7 and #7A08D7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CDD708 #0865D7 #7A08D7

Square

Starting with #CDD708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #08D77A, #1208D7, then #D70865. Across the square, #CDD708 pairs with #1208D7, and #08D77A with #D70865.

#CDD708 #08D77A #1208D7 #D70865

Tetradic

#CDD708 and #1208D7 are opposites, as are #08D712 and #D708CD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CDD708 #08D712 #1208D7 #D708CD

Tints

Mixing #CDD708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7DF39, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F7CE, the mixture is 80% white.

#CDD708 #D7DF39 #E1E76B #EBEF9C #F5F7CE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CDD708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A4AC06, keeps 80% of the original. By #292B02, the mixture is 80% black.

#CDD708 #A4AC06 #7B8105 #525603 #292B02 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CDD708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEC620, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F9168, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CDD708 #BEC620 #AEB438 #9FA350 #8F9168 #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

#CDD708

RGB

rgb(205 215 8)

HSL

hsl(62.899 92.825% 43.725%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CDD708;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CDD708 uses 205 red, 215 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 84.3%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CDD708 is 4.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 96.3% yellow and 15.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 4.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 96.3%

Black 15.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCDD00. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CD0 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CDD708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC00, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #CCDD00 Nearest web-safe · #CCCC00

Gradient to complement

#CDD708 #AEB52B #8F924D #707070 #504D92 #312BB5 #1208D7

Color vision previews

Compare how #CDD708 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.

#E8CC00

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.

#E8D02B

Tritanopia

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

#DCC9B7

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.

#DFD000

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.

#E0D220

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D1D274

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CECECE

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.

#CDD297

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 0.67954 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 0.81107 G 0.84187 B 0.27583

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.62275 G 0.67725 B 0.06184

CIE xyY

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

x 0.411 y 0.511 Y 61.598

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 15.686 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

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

11001101 11010111 00001000