#CCD251#CCD251

#CCD251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.150 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD251
RGB	rgb(204, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 61.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, -18.50, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 63.98, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0557 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.15 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4350, 59.5258, 16.6685)
Luminance	0.5952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD251 #5751D2

analogous

#D29851 #CCD251 #8BD251

triadic

#CCD251 #51CCD2 #D251CC

tetradic

#CCD251 #51D298 #5751D2 #D2518B

square

#CCD251 #51D298 #5751D2 #D2518B

split-complementary

#CCD251 #518BD2 #9851D2

monochromatic

#818623 #B0B72F #CCD251 #DADF82 #E9EBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CCD251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#CCD251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD251

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD251	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.150 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf87',
    500: '#ccd251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd251;
$custom-light: #dedf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.791,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83482,
    "c": 0.1504,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD251

secondary

#3E3B8D

accent

#46E24D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD251

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

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