#CBDD59#CBDD59

#CBDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.157 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBDD59
RGB	rgb(203, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -23.72, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 65.52, 111.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.0695 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.157 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2892, 65.1313, 19.2663)
Luminance	0.6513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBDD59 #6B59DD

analogous

#DDAD59 #CBDD59 #89DD59

triadic

#CBDD59 #59CBDD #DD59CB

tetradic

#CBDD59 #59DDAD #6B59DD #DD5989

square

#CBDD59 #59DDAD #6B59DD #DD5989

split-complementary

#CBDD59 #5989DD #AD59DD

monochromatic

#8B9C20 #B8CF2A #CBDD59 #DBE78C #EBF2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CBDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#CBDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBDD59

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBDD59	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7D1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbdd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.157 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde78d',
    500: '#cbdd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbdd59;
$custom-light: #dde78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbdd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85864,
    "c": 0.15668,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBDD59

secondary

#483BA0

accent

#18CE30

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBDD59

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

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