#CBE159#CBE159

#CBE159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.161 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBE159
RGB	rgb(203, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(70, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -25.63, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 67.34, 112.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.0749 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.161 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3579, 67.2687, 19.6225)
Luminance	0.6727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBE159 #6F59E1

analogous

#E1B359 #CBE159 #87E159

triadic

#CBE159 #59CBE1 #E159CB

tetradic

#CBE159 #59E1B3 #6F59E1 #E15987

square

#CBE159 #59E1B3 #6F59E1 #E15987

split-complementary

#CBE159 #5987E1 #B359E1

monochromatic

#8DA21D #BAD627 #CBE159 #DBEA8D #EBF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CBE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#CBE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBE159

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBE159	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbe159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.161 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deea8d',
    500: '#cbe159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbe159;
$custom-light: #deea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbe159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.706,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86737,
    "c": 0.16137,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBE159

secondary

#4B39A5

accent

#14D133

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBE159

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

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