#CCE161#CCE161

#CCE161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.154 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCE161
RGB	rgb(204, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(70, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(70, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -24.64, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 63.95, 112.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0714 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.154 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.9856, 67.5514, 21.5017)
Luminance	0.6755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCE161 #7661E1

analogous

#E1B661 #CCE161 #8CE161

triadic

#CCE161 #61CCE1 #E161CC

tetradic

#CCE161 #61E1B6 #7661E1 #E1618C

square

#CCE161 #61E1B6 #7661E1 #E1618C

split-complementary

#CCE161 #618CE1 #B661E1

monochromatic

#91A820 #BBD72E #CCE161 #DDEB94 #EDF5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CCE161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#CCE161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCE161

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCE161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCE161	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cce161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.154 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deea92',
    500: '#cce161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cce161;
$custom-light: #deea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cce161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.844,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86892,
    "c": 0.15443,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCE161

secondary

#4E3CAA

accent

#15D034

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCE161

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

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