#CCE251#CCE251

#CCE251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.168 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCE251
RGB	rgb(204, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -26.25, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 70.89, 111.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0775 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.168 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5845, 67.8247, 18.0516)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCE251 #6751E2

analogous

#E2AF51 #CCE251 #84E251

triadic

#CCE251 #51CCE2 #E251CC

tetradic

#CCE251 #51E2AF #6751E2 #E25184

square

#CCE251 #51E2AF #6751E2 #E25184

split-complementary

#CCE251 #5184E2 #AF51E2

monochromatic

#8A9E1A #B8D323 #CCE251 #DBEB85 #EBF3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CCE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#CCE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCE251

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCE251	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cce251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.168 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfeb89',
    500: '#cce251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cce251;
$custom-light: #dfeb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cce251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.103,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86958,
    "c": 0.1683,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCE251

secondary

#4636A1

accent

#12D32F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCE251

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

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