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#CCED5E Color

#CCED5E is rgb(204, 237, 94) in RGB, hsl(74, 80%, 65%) in HSL, and about cmyk(14%, 0%, 60%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is June Bud (#BDDA57), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 7.9. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#CCED5E
HEX#CCED5E
RGBrgb(204, 237, 94)
HSLhsl(74, 80%, 65%)
HSVhsv(74, 60%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 0%, 60%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(89.5% 0.171 121)
LABlab(89.31% -25.77 63.32)
LCHlch(89.31% 68.36 112.14)

What #CCED5E Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #CCED5E, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#CCED5E Channel Values

How #CCED5E breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 204 · G 237 · B 948-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 74° · S 80% · L 65%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 74° · S 60% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 14% · M 0% · Y 60% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.33:1 vs white · 15.84:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #CCED5E background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.33:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text15.84:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #CCED5E in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #CCED5E

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #CCED5E; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #CCED5E

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #CCED5E.

How #CCED5E Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#CCED5E
Protanopia#E8E85E
Protanomaly#DDEA5E
Deuteranopia#E3E361
Deuteranomaly#DAE760
Tritanopia#D9E1E1
Tritanomaly#D4E6BB
Achromatopsia#E0E0E0

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #CCED5E in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-cced5e: #CCED5E;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #CCED5E;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-cced5e': '#CCED5E' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.800, green: 0.929, blue: 0.369)
Android XML<color name="color_cced5e">#CCED5E</color>
SVG fillfill="#CCED5E"

More Green Colors

#CCED5E sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#CCED5E Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #CCED5E?

#CCED5E is a light green — rgb(204, 237, 94) in RGB and hsl(74, 80%, 65%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is June Bud (#BDDA57), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 7.9.

What is the RGB value of #CCED5E?

#CCED5E is rgb(204, 237, 94) — red 204, green 237, and blue 94 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #CCED5E?

#CCED5E converts to approximately cmyk(14%, 0%, 60%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #CCED5E be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #CCED5E scores 1.33:1 against white and 15.84:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #CCED5E as a CSS color keyword?

No. #CCED5E is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is yellowgreen (#9ACD32) at a CIE76 distance of 14.71, which is visibly different.

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