#CCDD57#CCDD57

#CCDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.158 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCDD57
RGB	rgb(204, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -23.46, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 66.30, 110.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0691 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.158 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4797, 65.2391, 18.8428)
Luminance	0.6524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCDD57 #6857DD

analogous

#DDAB57 #CCDD57 #89DD57

triadic

#CCDD57 #57CCDD #DD57CC

tetradic

#CCDD57 #57DDAB #6857DD #DD5789

square

#CCDD57 #57DDAB #6857DD #DD5789

split-complementary

#CCDD57 #5789DD #AB57DD

monochromatic

#8B9A1F #B8CD2A #CCDD57 #DBE78A #EBF2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CCDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#CCDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCDD57

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCDD57	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccdd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.158 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee78c',
    500: '#ccdd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccdd57;
$custom-light: #dee78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccdd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.612,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85921,
    "c": 0.15799,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCDD57

secondary

#473A9E

accent

#17CE2E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCDD57

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

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