#CBE172#CBE172

#CBE172 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.139 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBE172
RGB	rgb(203, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(72, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(72, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.89, -23.55, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.89, 56.54, 114.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0667 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.139 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.5916, 67.7622, 26.1198)
Luminance	0.6776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBE172 #8872E1

analogous

#E1C072 #CBE172 #94E172

triadic

#CBE172 #72CBE1 #E172CB

tetradic

#CBE172 #72E1C0 #8872E1 #E17294

square

#CBE172 #72E1C0 #8872E1 #E17294

split-complementary

#CBE172 #7294E1 #C072E1

monochromatic

#97B326 #B8D640 #CBE172 #DEECA4 #F0F6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CBE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#CBE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBE172

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBE172	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbe172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.139 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea9d',
    500: '#cbe172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbe172;
$custom-light: #ddea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbe172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.892,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87016,
    "c": 0.13911,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBE172

secondary

#5A43B4

accent

#19CD3C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBE172

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

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