#CCD259#CCD259

#CCD259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.144 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD259
RGB	rgb(204, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -17.94, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 60.62, 107.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0533 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.144 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7528, 59.6529, 18.3425)
Luminance	0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD259 #5F59D2

analogous

#D29B59 #CCD259 #8FD259

triadic

#CCD259 #59CCD2 #D259CC

tetradic

#CCD259 #59D29B #5F59D2 #D2598F

square

#CCD259 #59D29B #5F59D2 #D2598F

split-complementary

#CCD259 #598FD2 #9B59D2

monochromatic

#868B26 #B4BB33 #CCD259 #DBDF89 #EAECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CCD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#CCD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD259

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD259	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.144 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf8c',
    500: '#ccd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd259;
$custom-light: #dedf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.975,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8356,
    "c": 0.14387,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD259

secondary

#423E91

accent

#47E14F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD259

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

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