#CCD255#CCD255

#CCD255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.147 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD255
RGB	rgb(204, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -18.23, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 62.32, 107.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0546 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.147 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5894, 59.5875, 17.4818)
Luminance	0.5959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD255 #5B55D2

analogous

#D29955 #CCD255 #8DD255

triadic

#CCD255 #55CCD2 #D255CC

tetradic

#CCD255 #55D299 #5B55D2 #D2558D

square

#CCD255 #55D299 #5B55D2 #D2558D

split-complementary

#CCD255 #558DD2 #9955D2

monochromatic

#848824 #B2B931 #CCD255 #DBDF85 #E9ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CCD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#CCD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD255

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD255	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.147 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf8a',
    500: '#ccd255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd255;
$custom-light: #dedf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.88,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8352,
    "c": 0.14721,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD255

secondary

#403C8F

accent

#46E14E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD255

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

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