#CCE255#CCE255

#CCE255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.165 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCE255
RGB	rgb(204, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -25.99, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 69.33, 112.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0764 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.165 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7389, 67.8865, 18.8650)
Luminance	0.6789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCE255 #6B55E2

analogous

#E2B155 #CCE255 #85E255

triadic

#CCE255 #55CCE2 #E255CC

tetradic

#CCE255 #55E2B1 #6B55E2 #E25585

square

#CCE255 #55E2B1 #6B55E2 #E25585

split-complementary

#CCE255 #5585E2 #B155E2

monochromatic

#8CA11B #BAD524 #CCE255 #DCEB89 #EBF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CCE255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#CCE255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCE255

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCE255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCE255	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cce255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.165 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deeb8b',
    500: '#cce255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cce255;
$custom-light: #deeb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cce255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.362,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86993,
    "c": 0.16533,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCE255

secondary

#4837A4

accent

#13D331

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCE255

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

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