#CCD257#CCD257

#CCD257 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	#CCD257
RGB	rgb(204, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 58.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.63, -18.09, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.63, 61.48, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.054 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.146 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6700, 59.6198, 17.9062)
Luminance	0.5962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD257 #5D57D2

analogous

#D29A57 #CCD257 #8ED257

triadic

#CCD257 #57CCD2 #D257CC

tetradic

#CCD257 #57D29A #5D57D2 #D2578E

square

#CCD257 #57D29A #5D57D2 #D2578E

split-complementary

#CCD257 #578ED2 #9A57D2

monochromatic

#858A25 #B3BA32 #CCD257 #DBDF87 #E9ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CCD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#CCD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD257

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD257	1.00	1.62	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.62	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)

#E1C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.146 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf8b',
    500: '#ccd257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd257;
$custom-light: #dedf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.927,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8354,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD257

secondary

#413D90

accent

#47E14E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD257

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

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