#CCDD56#CCDD56

#CCDD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.159 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCDD56
RGB	rgb(204, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -23.53, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 66.70, 110.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0694 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.159 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4391, 65.2229, 18.6291)
Luminance	0.6522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCDD56 #6756DD

analogous

#DDAB56 #CCDD56 #88DD56

triadic

#CCDD56 #56CCDD #DD56CC

tetradic

#CCDD56 #56DDAB #6756DD #DD5688

square

#CCDD56 #56DDAB #6756DD #DD5688

split-complementary

#CCDD56 #5688DD #AB56DD

monochromatic

#8A9A1F #B8CD29 #CCDD56 #DBE789 #EBF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CCDD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#CCDD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCDD56

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCDD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCDD56	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)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccdd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.159 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee78b',
    500: '#ccdd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccdd56;
$custom-light: #dee78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccdd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85912,
    "c": 0.15878,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCDD56

secondary

#463A9E

accent

#17CE2E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCDD56

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

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