#CCE996#CCE996

#CCE996 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.112 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCE996
RGB	rgb(204, 233, 150)
HSL	hsl(81, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(81, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 35.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -23.02, 37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 43.81, 121.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0628 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.112 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.5453, 73.3169, 39.8628)
Luminance	0.7332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCE996 #B396E9

analogous

#E9DC96 #CCE996 #A2E996

triadic

#CCE996 #96CCE9 #E996CC

tetradic

#CCE996 #96E9DC #B396E9 #E996A2

square

#CCE996 #96E9DC #B396E9 #E996A2

split-complementary

#CCE996 #96A2E9 #DC96E9

monochromatic

#9BD431 #B3DE63 #CCE996 #E5F4C9 #F3FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#CCE996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#CCE996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCE996

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCE996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCE996	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2E1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cce996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 233, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.112 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf0b5',
    500: '#cce996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cce996;
$custom-light: #dcf0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cce996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.964,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89361,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCE996

secondary

#8360C4

accent

#18CD58

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#151611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCE996

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

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