#CCD997#CCD997

#CCD997 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.088 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD997
RGB	rgb(204, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(72, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(72, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 30.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.33, -15.03, 31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.33, 34.57, 115.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.96% -0.0402 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(85.96% 0.088 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3004, 64.6978, 38.8468)
Luminance	0.6470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD997 #A497D9

analogous

#D9C597 #CCD997 #ABD997

triadic

#CCD997 #97CCD9 #D997CC

tetradic

#CCD997 #97D9C5 #A497D9 #D997AB

square

#CCD997 #97D9C5 #A497D9 #D997AB

split-complementary

#CCD997 #97ABD9 #C597D9

monochromatic

#9DB442 #B6C96A #CCD997 #E2E9C4 #F4F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CCD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#CCD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD997

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD997	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.088 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce4b6',
    500: '#ccd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd997;
$custom-light: #dce4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.818,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85957,
    "c": 0.08754,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD997

secondary

#7364B0

accent

#2CBA48

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD997

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

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