#CCE959#CCE959

#CCE959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.170 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCE959
RGB	rgb(204, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -29.02, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 70.94, 114.15°)
OKLab	oklab(88.56% -0.0844 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(88.56% 0.17 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.8448, 71.8367, 20.3732)
Luminance	0.7184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCE959 #7659E9

analogous

#E9BE59 #CCE959 #84E959

triadic

#CCE959 #59CCE9 #E959CC

tetradic

#CCE959 #59E9BE #7659E9 #E95984

square

#CCE959 #59E9BE #7659E9 #E95984

split-complementary

#CCE959 #5984E9 #BE59E9

monochromatic

#91B017 #BBE223 #CCE959 #DDF08F #EDF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CCE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#CCE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCE959

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCE959	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cce959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.170 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#def08e',
    500: '#cce959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cce959;
$custom-light: #def08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cce959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.083,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88562,
    "c": 0.17049,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCE959

secondary

#4E35B1

accent

#0DD936

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCE959

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

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