#CCD859#CCD859

#CCD859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.151 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD859
RGB	rgb(204, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.27, -20.89, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.27, 63.24, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0617 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.151 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2620, 62.6712, 18.8456)
Luminance	0.6267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD859 #6559D8

analogous

#D8A459 #CCD859 #8DD859

triadic

#CCD859 #59CCD8 #D859CC

tetradic

#CCD859 #59D8A4 #6559D8 #D8598D

square

#CCD859 #59D8A4 #6559D8 #D8598D

split-complementary

#CCD859 #598DD8 #A459D8

monochromatic

#899423 #B7C52E #CCD859 #DBE48B #EAEFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CCD859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#CCD859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD859

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD859	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)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.151 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee38d',
    500: '#ccd859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd859;
$custom-light: #dee38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.669,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84855,
    "c": 0.15063,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD859

secondary

#453C99

accent

#43E552

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD859

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

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