#CCD856#CCD856

#CCD856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.153 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD856
RGB	rgb(204, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.24, -21.10, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.24, 64.50, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% -0.0626 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.153 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1386, 62.6219, 18.1956)
Luminance	0.6262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD856 #6256D8

analogous

#D8A356 #CCD856 #8BD856

triadic

#CCD856 #56CCD8 #D856CC

tetradic

#CCD856 #56D8A3 #6256D8 #D8568B

square

#CCD856 #56D8A3 #6256D8 #D8568B

split-complementary

#CCD856 #568BD8 #A356D8

monochromatic

#889222 #B6C42D #CCD856 #DBE388 #EAEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CCD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#CCD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD856

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD856	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.153 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee38b',
    500: '#ccd856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd856;
$custom-light: #dee38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.538,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84826,
    "c": 0.15308,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD856

secondary

#443B97

accent

#42E651

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD856

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

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