HEX Color #CCFF5F (Yellowgreen)

About #CCFF5F

The precise color #CCFF5F is an excellent choice for modern design projects. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Yellowgreen. In the RGB color space, it consists of 204 red, 255 green, and 95 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 20% cyan and 0% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#CCFF5F

RGB204, 255, 95

HSL79.1°, 100.0%, 68.6%

CMYK20%, 0%, 63%, 0%

HSV79.1°, 62.7%, 100.0%

LAB94.0, -38.7, 68.8

XYZ62.7, 85.2, 24.0

Decimal13434719

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#CCFF5F #925FFF

Analogous

#FFE25F #7BFF5F

Triadic

#5FCBFF #FF5FCB

Tetradic

#5FFFE2 #925FFF #FF5F7B

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#CCFF5F

#D1FF70

#D7FF82

#DDFF94

#E2FFA6

#E8FFB7

#EEFFC9

#F3FFDB

#F9FFED

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#CCFF5F

#B5E254

#9EC649

#88AA3F

#718D34

#5A712A

#44551F

#2D3815

#161C0A

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.16:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

18.04:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.11:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

15.33:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #CCFF5F; }

.text-color { color: #CCFF5F; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #CCFF5F; }

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