#CEE979#CEE979

#CEE979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.142 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEE979
RGB	rgb(206, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(74, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(74, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -25.55, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 57.14, 116.56°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0719 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.142 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.0440, 72.7802, 29.0756)
Luminance	0.7278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEE979 #9479E9

analogous

#E9CC79 #CEE979 #96E979

triadic

#CEE979 #79CEE9 #E979CE

tetradic

#CEE979 #79E9CC #9479E9 #E97996

square

#CEE979 #79E9CC #9479E9 #E97996

split-complementary

#CEE979 #7996E9 #CC79E9

monochromatic

#9FC721 #BBE044 #CEE979 #E1F2AE #F4FAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#CEE979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#CEE979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEE979

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEE979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEE979	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cee979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.142 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dff0a2',
    500: '#cee979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cee979;
$custom-light: #dff0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cee979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.464,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89063,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEE979

secondary

#6345C1

accent

#12D440

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEE979

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

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