#CCD851#CCD851

#CCD851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.157 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD851
RGB	rgb(204, 216, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.20, -21.44, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.20, 66.53, 108.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.064 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.157 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9442, 62.5441, 17.1715)
Luminance	0.6254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD851 #5D51D8

analogous

#D8A051 #CCD851 #88D851

triadic

#CCD851 #51CCD8 #D851CC

tetradic

#CCD851 #51D8A0 #5D51D8 #D85188

square

#CCD851 #51D8A0 #5D51D8 #D85188

split-complementary

#CCD851 #5188D8 #A051D8

monochromatic

#858F20 #B3C12B #CCD851 #DBE383 #E9EEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CCD851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#CCD851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD851

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD851	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 216, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.157 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee388',
    500: '#ccd851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd851;
$custom-light: #dee388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8478,
    "c": 0.157,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD851

secondary

#413994

accent

#41E650

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD851

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

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