#CCD596#CCD596

#CCD596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.083 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD596
RGB	rgb(204, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(69, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(69, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 29.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -13.16, 30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 32.94, 113.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0349 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.083 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.2010, 62.6283, 38.0814)
Luminance	0.6263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD596 #9F96D5

analogous

#D5BE96 #CCD596 #ACD596

triadic

#CCD596 #96CCD5 #D596CC

tetradic

#CCD596 #96D5BE #9F96D5 #D596AC

square

#CCD596 #96D5BE #9F96D5 #D596AC

split-complementary

#CCD596 #96ACD5 #BE96D5

monochromatic

#9DAC45 #B7C46A #CCD596 #E1E6C2 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CCD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#CCD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD596

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD596	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.083 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce1b5',
    500: '#ccd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd596;
$custom-light: #dce1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85091,
    "c": 0.08322,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD596

secondary

#6E64AB

accent

#30B643

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD596

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

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