#CCD256#CCD256

#CCD256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.146 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD256
RGB	rgb(204, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -18.16, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 61.90, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.0543 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.146 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6294, 59.6035, 17.6925)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD256 #5C56D2

analogous

#D29A56 #CCD256 #8ED256

triadic

#CCD256 #56CCD2 #D256CC

tetradic

#CCD256 #56D29A #5C56D2 #D2568E

square

#CCD256 #56D29A #5C56D2 #D2568E

split-complementary

#CCD256 #568ED2 #9A56D2

monochromatic

#848925 #B3B931 #CCD256 #DBDF86 #E9ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CCD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#CCD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD256

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD256	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)

#E1C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.146 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf8a',
    500: '#ccd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd256;
$custom-light: #dedf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.903,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8353,
    "c": 0.14639,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD256

secondary

#413D90

accent

#47E14E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD256

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

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