#CBDD56#CBDD56

#CBDD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.159 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBDD56
RGB	rgb(203, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, -23.93, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 66.75, 111.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0704 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.159 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1658, 65.0820, 18.6163)
Luminance	0.6508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBDD56 #6856DD

analogous

#DDAB56 #CBDD56 #87DD56

triadic

#CBDD56 #56CBDD #DD56CB

tetradic

#CBDD56 #56DDAB #6856DD #DD5687

square

#CBDD56 #56DDAB #6856DD #DD5687

split-complementary

#CBDD56 #5687DD #AB56DD

monochromatic

#899A1F #B7CD29 #CBDD56 #DBE789 #EAF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CBDD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#CBDD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBDD56

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBDD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBDD56	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7D1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbdd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.159 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee78b',
    500: '#cbdd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbdd56;
$custom-light: #dee78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbdd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85836,
    "c": 0.15908,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBDD56

secondary

#473A9E

accent

#17CE30

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBDD56

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

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