#CCD857#CCD857

#CCD857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.152 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD857
RGB	rgb(204, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -21.03, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 64.08, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0623 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.152 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1792, 62.6381, 18.4093)
Luminance	0.6264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD857 #6357D8

analogous

#D8A357 #CCD857 #8CD857

triadic

#CCD857 #57CCD8 #D857CC

tetradic

#CCD857 #57D8A3 #6357D8 #D8578C

square

#CCD857 #57D8A3 #6357D8 #D8578C

split-complementary

#CCD857 #578CD8 #A357D8

monochromatic

#889322 #B6C42E #CCD857 #DBE489 #EAEFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CCD857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#CCD857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD857

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD857	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)

#E7CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.152 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee38b',
    500: '#ccd857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd857;
$custom-light: #dee38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.581,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84836,
    "c": 0.15227,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD857

secondary

#443C98

accent

#42E552

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD857

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

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