#CCD159#CCD159

#CCD159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.143 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD159
RGB	rgb(204, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -17.45, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 60.19, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0519 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.143 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5067, 59.1607, 18.2605)
Luminance	0.5916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD159 #5E59D1

analogous

#D19A59 #CCD159 #90D159

triadic

#CCD159 #59CCD1 #D159CC

tetradic

#CCD159 #59D19A #5E59D1 #D15990

square

#CCD159 #59D19A #5E59D1 #D15990

split-complementary

#CCD159 #5990D1 #9A59D1

monochromatic

#858926 #B4B933 #CCD159 #DBDE89 #E9ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CCD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#CCD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD159

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD159	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.143 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dede8c',
    500: '#ccd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd159;
$custom-light: #dede8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83345,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD159

secondary

#423E90

accent

#48E04E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD159

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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