#CCED55#CCED55

#CCED55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.178 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCED55
RGB	rgb(204, 237, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.95, -31.16, 67.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.95, 74.31, 114.79°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0908 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.178 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8265, 74.0617, 19.8942)
Luminance	0.7406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCED55 #7655ED

analogous

#EDC255 #CCED55 #80ED55

triadic

#CCED55 #55CCED #ED55CC

tetradic

#CCED55 #55EDC2 #7655ED #ED5580

square

#CCED55 #55EDC2 #7655ED #ED5580

split-complementary

#CCED55 #5580ED #C255ED

monochromatic

#91B413 #BBE71E #CCED55 #DDF38C #EDF9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#CCED55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#CCED55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCED55

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCED55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCED55	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7E1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cced55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 237, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.178 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dff28c',
    500: '#cced55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cced55;
$custom-light: #dff28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cced55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.026,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89407,
    "c": 0.1782,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCED55

secondary

#4E32B4

accent

#08DD37

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16170D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCED55

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

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