#CCDD59#CCDD59

#CCDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.156 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCDD59
RGB	rgb(204, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -23.32, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 65.47, 110.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.94% -0.0685 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(85.94% 0.156 116)
XYZ	xyz(52.5625, 65.2722, 19.2791)
Luminance	0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCDD59 #6A59DD

analogous

#DDAC59 #CCDD59 #8ADD59

triadic

#CCDD59 #59CCDD #DD59CC

tetradic

#CCDD59 #59DDAC #6A59DD #DD598A

square

#CCDD59 #59DDAC #6A59DD #DD598A

split-complementary

#CCDD59 #598ADD #AC59DD

monochromatic

#8C9C20 #B9CF2A #CCDD59 #DCE78C #EBF2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CCDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#CCDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCDD59

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCDD59	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)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccdd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.156 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee78d',
    500: '#ccdd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccdd59;
$custom-light: #dee78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccdd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.727,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8594,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.65272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCDD59

secondary

#483BA0

accent

#18CE2F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCDD59

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

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