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#CFDF20 — Yellow

#CFDF20 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 #CFDF20 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.

#CFDF20 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 #3020DF; it also sits naturally between #DF8F20 and #70DF20. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CFDF20 · RGB 207, 223, 32

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Color values

HEX#CFDF20
RGB207, 223, 32
HSL65°, 75%, 50%
HSV65°, 86%, 87%
CMYK7%, 0%, 86%, 13%
XYZ52.38, 66.15, 11.37
Yxy66.15, 0.4032, 0.5092
CIE-Lab85.07, -25.71, 80.07
Hunter Lab81.33, -23.39, 45.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 87% · Blue 13%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 86% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CFDF20 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CFDF20 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CFDF20

.text { color: #CFDF20; }
.background { background-color: #CFDF20; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CFDF20; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 223, 32); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 75%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CFDF20; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 223, 32, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CFDF20; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 223, 32, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CFDF20">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CFDF20">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CFDF20

#BAC91D#AAB71A#95A117#858F14#707811#5B620E#4B500B#363A08#252806#111203

Tints of #CFDF20

#D4E236#D8E548#DDE85E#E0EB70#E5EE87#EAF19D#EEF4AF#F3F7C5#F6F9D7#FBFCED

Tones of #CFDF20

#C4D12E#B9C43B#ADB649#A2A857#969A65#8B8E71

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3020DF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.48:1 Fails
Against black text14.23:1 AAA

Best text color on #CFDF20: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CFDF20

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 #CFDF20: ·

How #CFDF20 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D6D64EDeuteranopia · #D5D459Tritanopia · #D0737B

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 #CFDF20 rather than the exact color:

Vivid Ruby Opal
#A21630 · #AA3611 · #D49A24 · #CDE020
Royal Aurora
#A11A94 · #CBDC23 · #2BCDDD · #EBB3DF
Mellow Opal
#C01F9F · #D31233 · #C3681A · #D4E41F
Palette Da1212
#DA1212 · #F08C00 · #C6DA20 · #F3F5D5
Hidden Ruby Monsoon
#2117B8 · #8076EE · #D8E324 · #EAEB96
Cosmic Ruby Summit
#9C2125 · #663118 · #916A1C · #D0D41F

Similar colors

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

#CDE020#CBDC23#D4E41F#C6DA20#D8E324#D0D41F#D2D929#CEE415#C9DA2A#D1E92C#DEDA22#D4D713

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CFDF1F  ·  #CFDF21 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CFDF20?

#CFDF20 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 207, 223, 32). Its closest standard named color is GreenYellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CFDF20?

#CFDF20 is RGB 207, 223, 32 — HSL 65°, 75%, 50% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 86%, 13%.

What colors go with #CFDF20?

Its complement is #3020DF; analogous partners are #DF8F20 and #70DF20. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CFDF20 for text?

Black text on #CFDF20 has a contrast ratio of 14.23:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.