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#CFDA34 — Yellow

#CFDA34 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color GreenYellow (#ADFF2F). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: greenyellow (#ADFF2F) — not an exact match. CSS greenyellow gives you #ADFF2F, a different color; use #CFDA34 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.

#CFDA34 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #3F34DA; it also sits naturally between #DA9234 and #7CDA34. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CFDA34 · RGB 207, 218, 52

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Color values

HEX#CFDA34
RGB207, 218, 52
HSL64°, 69%, 53%
HSV64°, 76%, 85%
CMYK5%, 0%, 76%, 15%
XYZ51.42, 63.66, 12.83
Yxy63.66, 0.4020, 0.4977
CIE-Lab83.79, -22.69, 74.01
Hunter Lab79.78, -20.64, 43.59

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 85% · Blue 20%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 76% · Key 15%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CFDA34 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CFDA34 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CFDA34

.text { color: #CFDA34; }
.background { background-color: #CFDA34; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CFDA34; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 218, 52); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 69%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CFDA34; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 218, 52, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CFDA34; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 218, 52, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CFDA34">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CFDA34">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CFDA34

#C4CF26#AFB922#9BA41E#868E1A#767D17#626713#4D520F#393C0B#252707#101103

Tints of #CFDA34

#D3DD46#D8E15B#DCE46C#E0E77E#E5EB93#E9EEA5#EEF2B6#F2F5C7#F7F9DD#FBFCEE

Tones of #CFDA34

#C4CE40#BAC24C#B0B658#A6AB63#9C9F6F#92937B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3F34DA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.53:1 Fails
Against black text13.73:1 AAA

Best text color on #CFDA34: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CFDA34

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 #CFDA34: ·

How #CFDA34 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D4D45CDeuteranopia · #D3D266Tritanopia · #D07C83

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BTailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CFDA34 rather than the exact color:

Palette 61a3ba
#61A3BA · #FFFFDD · #D2DE32 · #A2C579
Palette 016a70
#016A70 · #FFFFDD · #D2DE32 · #A2C579
Cosmic Dusk
#714A11 · #D2D929 · #548A1A · #2EDF21
Modern Ruby Bloom
#F0F4C8 · #C9DA2A · #919D20 · #3C410B
Burning Bloom
#751C26 · #93462B · #927033 · #CACE37
Burning Ruby Saffron
#DDDB30 · #A7DB5B · #40C225 · #3FE86A

Similar colors

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

#D2DE32#D2D929#C9DA2A#CACE37#DDDB30#D0CD2D#CDE63D#D2CA32#BFDB38#D1E92C#D9DA42#CBDC23

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CFDA33  ·  #CFDA35 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CFDA34?

#CFDA34 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 207, 218, 52). Its closest standard named color is GreenYellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CFDA34?

#CFDA34 is RGB 207, 218, 52 — HSL 64°, 69%, 53% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 76%, 15%.

What colors go with #CFDA34?

Its complement is #3F34DA; analogous partners are #DA9234 and #7CDA34. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CFDA34 for text?

Black text on #CFDA34 has a contrast ratio of 13.73:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.53:1.