#CCE856#CCE856

#CCE856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.172 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCE856
RGB	rgb(204, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.59, -28.76, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.59, 71.65, 113.66°)
OKLab	oklab(88.32% -0.084 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(88.32% 0.172 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.4391, 71.2228, 19.6291)
Luminance	0.7122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CCE856 #7256E8

analogous

#E8BB56 #CCE856 #83E856

triadic

#CCE856 #56CCE8 #E856CC

tetradic

#CCE856 #56E8BB #7256E8 #E85683

square

#CCE856 #56E8BB #7256E8 #E85683

split-complementary

#CCE856 #5683E8 #BB56E8

monochromatic

#90AC17 #BCE120 #CCE856 #DCEF8C #EDF7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CCE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#CCE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCE856

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCE856	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cce856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.172 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfef8c',
    500: '#cce856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cce856;
$custom-light: #dfef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cce856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.507,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88316,
    "c": 0.17158,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCE856

secondary

#4C35AD

accent

#0DD834

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCE856

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

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