#CCD599#CCD599

#CCD599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.080 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD599
RGB	rgb(204, 213, 153)
HSL	hsl(69, 42%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(69, 28%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 28.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.30, -12.76, 28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.30, 31.43, 113.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.0337 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.08 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4457, 62.7262, 39.3699)
Luminance	0.6273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD599 #A299D5

analogous

#D5C099 #CCD599 #AED599

triadic

#CCD599 #99CCD5 #D599CC

tetradic

#CCD599 #99D5C0 #A299D5 #D599AE

square

#CCD599 #99D5C0 #A299D5 #D599AE

split-complementary

#CCD599 #99AED5 #C099D5

monochromatic

#9DAD47 #B6C36E #CCD599 #E2E7C4 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CCD599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#CCD599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD599

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD599	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 213, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.080 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce1b7',
    500: '#ccd599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd599;
$custom-light: #dce1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85149,
    "c": 0.07956,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD599

secondary

#7167AB

accent

#31B545

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD599

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

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