#CEE251#CEE251

#CEE251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.168 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEE251
RGB	rgb(206, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(68, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.06, -25.45, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.06, 70.78, 111.08°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0754 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.168 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.1363, 68.1093, 18.0775)
Luminance	0.6811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEE251 #6551E2

analogous

#E2AE51 #CEE251 #85E251

triadic

#CEE251 #51CEE2 #E251CE

tetradic

#CEE251 #51E2AE #6551E2 #E25185

square

#CEE251 #51E2AE #6551E2 #E25185

split-complementary

#CEE251 #5185E2 #AE51E2

monochromatic

#8C9E1A #BAD323 #CEE251 #DDEB85 #ECF3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CEE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#CEE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEE251

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEE251	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cee251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.168 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0eb89',
    500: '#cee251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cee251;
$custom-light: #e0eb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cee251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87108,
    "c": 0.16766,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEE251

secondary

#4536A1

accent

#12D32D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEE251

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

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