#CCDD55#CCDD55

#CCDD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.160 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCDD55
RGB	rgb(204, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, -23.60, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 67.11, 110.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0697 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.16 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.3991, 65.2069, 18.4184)
Luminance	0.6521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCDD55 #6655DD

analogous

#DDAA55 #CCDD55 #88DD55

triadic

#CCDD55 #55CCDD #DD55CC

tetradic

#CCDD55 #55DDAA #6655DD #DD5588

square

#CCDD55 #55DDAA #6655DD #DD5588

split-complementary

#CCDD55 #5588DD #AA55DD

monochromatic

#8A991F #B8CC29 #CCDD55 #DBE788 #EBF1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CCDD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#CCDD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCDD55

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCDD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCDD55	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccdd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.160 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee78b',
    500: '#ccdd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccdd55;
$custom-light: #dee78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccdd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85903,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCDD55

secondary

#46399D

accent

#3EEA54

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCDD55

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

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