#CCE256#CCE256

#CCE256 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	#CCE256
RGB	rgb(204, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -25.92, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 68.94, 112.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0761 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.165 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7789, 67.9025, 19.0757)
Luminance	0.6790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCE256 #6C56E2

analogous

#E2B256 #CCE256 #86E256

triadic

#CCE256 #56CCE2 #E256CC

tetradic

#CCE256 #56E2B2 #6C56E2 #E25686

square

#CCE256 #56E2B2 #6C56E2 #E25686

split-complementary

#CCE256 #5686E2 #B256E2

monochromatic

#8DA21C #BAD625 #CCE256 #DCEB8A #ECF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CCE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#CCE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCE256

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCE256	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)

#F0D745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cce256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.165 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deeb8c',
    500: '#cce256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cce256;
$custom-light: #deeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cce256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.429,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87002,
    "c": 0.16456,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCE256

secondary

#4938A5

accent

#13D331

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCE256

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

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