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#ccdf6a

a balanced, vivid yellow · warm · closest name: Khaki

Token name suggestion: Signal Brass

RGB
204, 223, 106
HSL
70°, 65%, 65%
CMYK
9, 0, 53, 13
Luminance
0.6665

#ccdf6a is a balanced vivid yellow, 70° on the wheel and 33/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.33:1). As text it scores 1.47:1 on white — use #6C7C1B instead. Nearest name is Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(70 65% 65%)rgb(204 223 106)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ccdf6a is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ccdf6a
Hue
70°
yellow
Saturation
65%
vivid
Lightness
65%
balanced
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
81%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6665
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
33/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
14.33:1
Closest name
Khaki
ΔE2000 8.1
Chroma
59.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.866
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 11.2
Web-safe
#CCCC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue70° of 360°
Saturation65%
Lightness65%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ccdf6a.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool33% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red19%
Green79%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#ccdf6a
HEX (8-digit)#ccdf6aff
RGBrgb(204, 223, 106)
RGBArgba(204, 223, 106, 1)
HSLhsl(70, 65%, 65%)
HSV / HSBhsv(70, 52%, 87%)
HWBhwb(70 42% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 0%, 53%, 13%)
LABlab(85.3 -22.9 54.5)
LCHlch(85.3 59.1 112.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.866 0.144 117.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(53.89, 66.65, 23.66)
Decimal13426538
Display P3color(display-p3 0.800 0.875 0.416)
Web-safe#CCCC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ccdf6a;
background-color: #ccdf6a;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ccdf6a;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ccdf6a] bg-[#ccdf6a]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ccdf6a;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.800, green: 0.875, blue: 0.416)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.800, green: 0.875, blue: 0.416, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CCDF6A</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCCDF6A)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCCDF6A)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(106, 223, 204)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(204, 223, 106)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(204, 223, 106)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 204, 223, 106)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8000f, 0.8745f, 0.4157f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{204,223,106}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ccdf6a 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ccdf6a 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5C6917, #EAEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ccdf6a h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAFBF3;
  --brand-100: #F5F7E8;
  --brand-200: #EBF1CB;
  --brand-300: #DFEBA3;
  --brand-400: #ccdf6a;
  --brand-500: #C0D746;
  --brand-600: #B0C92B;
  --brand-700: #93A824;
  --brand-800: #75861D;
  --brand-900: #566219;
  --brand-950: #363D10;
  --brand: #ccdf6a;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E5EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #C2D94D;
  --brand-pressed: #B8D22F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #222414;
    --brand-ink: #EAEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFBF3',
        100: '#F5F7E8',
        200: '#EBF1CB',
        300: '#DFEBA3',
        400: '#ccdf6a',
        500: '#C0D746',
        600: '#B0C92B',
        700: '#93A824',
        800: '#75861D',
        900: '#566219',
        950: '#363D10',
        DEFAULT: '#ccdf6a',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFBF3,
  '100': #F5F7E8,
  '200': #EBF1CB,
  '300': #DFEBA3,
  '400': #ccdf6a,
  '500': #C0D746,
  '600': #B0C92B,
  '700': #93A824,
  '800': #75861D,
  '900': #566219,
  '950': #363D10,
);
$brand-base: #ccdf6a;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAFBF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5F7E8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EBF1CB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DFEBA3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#ccdf6a", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C0D746", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B0C92B", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#93A824", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#75861D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#566219", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#363D10", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #ccdf6a · 14.33:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.47:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.33:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ccdf6a as text scores 1.47:1 on white and 14.33:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5C6917 at 4.11:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#6C7C1B · 4.63:1
AA on white−35% L
#6C7C1B
The quick fox
#525E14 · 7.07:1
AAA on white−42% L
#525E14
The quick fox
#ccdf6a · 14.33:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ccdf6a
The quick fox
#ccdf6a · 14.33:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ccdf6a

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #899D22 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ccdf6a on white: 1.47:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ccdf6a on black: 14.33:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ccdf6a as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ccdf6a.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.47:1AaAa
Slate 501.40:1AaAa
Slate 1001.34:1AaAa
Slate 2001.19:1AaAa
Slate 3001.01:1AaAa
Slate 4001.75:1AaAa
Slate 5003.25:1AaAa
Slate 6005.17:1AaAa
Slate 7007.07:1AaAa
Slate 8009.98:1AaAa
Slate 90012.18:1AaAa
Black14.33:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #ECD55F
deuteranopia · #EAD671
tritanopia · #D6D4C5

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #ccdf6a is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAFBF3
#F5F7E8
#EBF1CB
#DFEBA3
#ccdf6a
#C0D746
#B0C92B
#93A824
#75861D
#566219
#363D10
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAFBF3Darkest = 950 · #363D10Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.036 117.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.058 117.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.086 117.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.112 117.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.132 117.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.144 117.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.144 117.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.135 117.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.121 117.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.101 117.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.079 117.2);
}

Colors that work with #ccdf6a

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E5EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8E9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#6671E3
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5C6917
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8FAEA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#222414
Dark-mode background
Hover#C2D94D
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B8D22F
Two steps down
Disabled#E2E4D5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D7EB73
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #ccdf6a

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #5C6917
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #899D22

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight36/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#7D6ADF
Analogous left#DFB76A
Analogous right#92DF6A
Split-complement 1#6A92DF
Split-complement 2#B76ADF
Triadic 1#6ACCDF
Triadic 2#DF6ACC
Tetradic#6ADFB7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°70°

#ccdf6a sits at 70°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red80.0%
Green87.5%
Blue41.6%
R · 0–255
204
0xcc
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
106
0x6a

CMYK percentages

Cyan8.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow52.5%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 74%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ccdf6a text on a black background

contrast 14.33:1

Card sample

#ccdf6a text on a white background

contrast 1.47:1

Card sample

#ccdf6a on grey

1.34:1

#ccdf6a on its own surface

1.40:1

#ccdf6a on its dark surface

10.77:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ccdf6a;
Background color
Panel with #ccdf6a background
background-color: #ccdf6a;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ccdf6a;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(204, 223, 106, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(204, 223, 106, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ccdf6a;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccdf6a, #7EDF6A);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ccdf6a, #6ADF73);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ccdf6a;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ccdf6a;
caret-color: #ccdf6a;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ccdf6a;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8FAEA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ccdf6a;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ccdf6a 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ccdf6a over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(204, 223, 106, 0.5)
rgb(204 223 106 / 50%)
#ccdf6a80
hsl(70 65% 65% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ccdf6a 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ccdf6a1a#FAFCF0
20%#ccdf6a33#F5F9E1
40%#ccdf6a66#EBF2C3
60%#ccdf6a99#E0ECA6
80%#ccdf6acc#D6E588

Gradients from #ccdf6a

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #DDEA9C, #ccdf6a 45%, #5C6917);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ccdf6a, #5DDA51);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ccdf6a, #7D6ADF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E6EFB6 0%, #ccdf6a 45%, #5C6917 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E8C594 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #9CE483 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5C6917 0%, transparent 65%), #ccdf6a;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ccdf6a

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#ccdf6a in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 14.33:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#ccdf6a, answered

What color is #ccdf6a?

#ccdf6a is a balanced vivid yellow, closest to Khaki (ΔE2000 8.1). It sits at 70° on the hue wheel with 65% saturation and 65% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #ccdf6a?

rgb(204, 223, 106) — 204 red, 223 green and 106 blue out of 255, or 80% / 87.5% / 41.6% by channel.

What is #ccdf6a in HSL and HSV?

hsl(70, 65%, 65%) and hsv(70, 52%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ccdf6a a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6665 and perceived brightness is 81%, so black text on it reaches 14.33:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ccdf6a?

Black. It scores 14.33:1 against #ccdf6a, versus 1.47:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ccdf6a accessible on a white background?

#ccdf6a on white scores 1.47:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6C7C1B to reach 4.5:1, or #525E14 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ccdf6a?

#7D6ADF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #6A92DF and #B76ADF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ccdf6a?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E5EDC0 for borders, #8E9B4B for secondary text, #6671E3 as an accent and #5C6917 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DFB76A and #92DF6A stays calm, while #7D6ADF is the loudest partner.

What is #ccdf6a in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(9%, 0%, 53%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #ccdf6a warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 33 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DFC76A; nudged cooler, #A1E168.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ccdf6a?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 11.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ccdf6a as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ccdf6a in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ccdf6a] or text-[#ccdf6a], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #ccdf6a with 50% opacity?

rgba(204, 223, 106, 0.5), or #ccdf6a80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E6EFB5; over black, #667035.

Is #ccdf6a a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC66, ΔE2000 5.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ccdf6a mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #ccdf6a?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DDEA9C, #ccdf6a 45%, #5C6917). For more colour, a short hue run to #5DDA51 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ccdf6a in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ccdf6a at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.