Information about #CDBD47 color

#CDBD47 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CDBD47 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(205, 189, 71) — 80.4% red, 74.1% green, 27.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 6 / 53 / 20. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#CDBD47 is a clearly saturated golden yellow that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Billy T (#C1B943). Slightly further away sit Warm Olive (#C7B63C) and Old Gold (#CFB53B).

In RGB terms — rgb(205, 189, 71) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 11.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #CDBD47 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#CDBD47 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#CDBD47 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CDBD47

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Billy T color link
Billy T

#C1B943

Warm Olive color link
Warm Olive

#C7B63C

Old Gold color link
Old Gold

#CFB53B

Ipanema color link
Ipanema

#DCC64B

Wattle color link
Wattle

#D6CA3D

Vegas Gold color link
Vegas Gold

#C5B358

Confetti color link
Confetti

#DDCB46

Sundance color link
Sundance

#C4AA4D

Fish N Chips color link
Fish N Chips

#DCAB4B

#CDBD47 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CDBD47
  • RGB205, 189, 71
  • CMYK0, 6, 53, 20
  • CSSrgb(205, 189, 71)
  • HSL53°, 57%, 54%
  • HSL Precise52.836°, 57.265%, 54.118%
  • HSV53°, 65%, 80%
  • HSB53°, 65%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.278
  • GLSLvec3(0.804, 0.741, 0.278)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.804, 0.741, 0.278, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.804, 0.741, 0.278)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB80.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB74.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB27.8%
  • Color Family (Hue)Yellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDCDBD47
  • DECIMAL ID13483335
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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