#CEE259#CEE259

#CEE259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.162 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEE259
RGB	rgb(206, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, -24.92, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 67.62, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0731 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.162 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.4542, 68.2364, 19.7516)
Luminance	0.6824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEE259 #6D59E2

analogous

#E2B259 #CEE259 #8AE259

triadic

#CEE259 #59CEE2 #E259CE

tetradic

#CEE259 #59E2B2 #6D59E2 #E2598A

square

#CEE259 #59E2B2 #6D59E2 #E2598A

split-complementary

#CEE259 #598AE2 #B259E2

monochromatic

#90A41D #BED826 #CEE259 #DDEB8D #EDF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CEE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#CEE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEE259

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEE259	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cee259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.162 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0eb8d',
    500: '#cee259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cee259;
$custom-light: #e0eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cee259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.759,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8718,
    "c": 0.16159,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEE259

secondary

#4939A6

accent

#13D22F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEE259

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

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