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#CDCF90 — Light Muted Yellow

#CDCF90 is a yellow color we call Light Muted Yellow, closest to the named color Tan (#D2B48C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: tan (#D2B48C) — not an exact match. CSS tan gives you #D2B48C, a different color; use #CDCF90 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CDCF90 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #9290D0; it also sits naturally between #D0B290 and #AED090. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CDCF90 · RGB 205, 207, 144

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Color values

HEX#CDCF90
RGB205, 207, 144
HSL62°, 40%, 69%
HSV62°, 30%, 81%
CMYK1%, 0%, 30%, 19%
XYZ52.52, 59.62, 35.12
Yxy59.62, 0.3567, 0.4048
CIE-Lab81.63, -10.51, 31.16
Hunter Lab77.21, -9.73, 23.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 81% · Blue 56%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 30% · Key 19%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CDCF90 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CDCF90 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CDCF90

.text { color: #CDCF90; }
.background { background-color: #CDCF90; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CDCF90; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(205, 207, 144); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 40%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CDCF90; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(205, 207, 144, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CDCF90; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(205, 207, 144, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CDCF90">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CDCF90">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CDCF90

#C4C67B#B9BC62#AFB34D#979A42#828439#696B2E#545625#3C3D1A#272711#0E0E06

Tints of #CDCF90

#D2D49B#D5D7A2#DADCAD#DFE0B8#E4E5C2#E7E8C9#ECEDD4#F1F1DF#F4F4E6#F9F9F1

Tones of #CDCF90

#C9CB95#C5C799#C1C29E#BCBDA3#B8B9A7#B4B5AB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9290D0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.62:1 Fails
Against black text12.92:1 AAA

Best text color on #CDCF90: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CDCF90

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CDCF90: ·

How #CDCF90 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #CECE9FDeuteranopia · #CECEA3Tritanopia · #CDABAE

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CDCF90 rather than the exact color:

Vintage Monsoon
#A4326E · #A93537 · #CB9763 · #CECE8C
Golden Meadow
#AF92CA · #CB93B8 · #C8A8A2 · #CACA91
Velvet Ruby Twilight
#CACC96 · #469755 · #48758C · #9981B4
Crystal Ruby Monsoon
#CF797C · #D09162 · #D4CC8E · #9DC64A
Palette 552244
#552244 · #596157 · #5B8C5A · #CFD186
Electric Marble
#764949 · #C4C892 · #51945C · #5A98AD

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#CECE8C#CACA91#CACC96#D4CC8E#CFD186#C4C892#C8C68A#C7D39A#C6CF9B#D6CC99#D9D28B#CEC69A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CDCF8F  ·  #CDCF91 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CDCF90?

#CDCF90 is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 205, 207, 144). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CDCF90?

#CDCF90 is RGB 205, 207, 144 — HSL 62°, 40%, 69% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 30%, 19%.

What colors go with #CDCF90?

Its complement is #9290D0; analogous partners are #D0B290 and #AED090. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CDCF90 for text?

Black text on #CDCF90 has a contrast ratio of 12.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.62:1.