#CCE159#CCE159

#CCE159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.161 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCE159
RGB	rgb(204, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(69, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.71, -25.24, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.71, 67.28, 112.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.81% -0.0739 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(86.81% 0.161 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6312, 67.4096, 19.6353)
Luminance	0.6741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCE159 #6E59E1

analogous

#E1B259 #CCE159 #88E159

triadic

#CCE159 #59CCE1 #E159CC

tetradic

#CCE159 #59E1B2 #6E59E1 #E15988

square

#CCE159 #59E1B2 #6E59E1 #E15988

split-complementary

#CCE159 #5988E1 #B259E1

monochromatic

#8EA21D #BBD627 #CCE159 #DCEA8D #ECF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CCE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#CCE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCE159

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCE159	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cce159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.161 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deea8d',
    500: '#cce159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cce159;
$custom-light: #deea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cce159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.265,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86812,
    "c": 0.16105,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCE159

secondary

#4A39A5

accent

#14D131

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCE159

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

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