#CBE196#CBE196

#CBE196 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.100 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBE196
RGB	rgb(203, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(78, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(78, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 33.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -19.50, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 39.49, 119.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.57% -0.0529 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(87.57% 0.1 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0585, 68.7489, 39.1122)
Luminance	0.6875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBE196 #AC96E1

analogous

#E1D196 #CBE196 #A5E196

triadic

#CBE196 #96CBE1 #E196CB

tetradic

#CBE196 #96E1D1 #AC96E1 #E196A5

square

#CBE196 #96E1D1 #AC96E1 #E196A5

split-complementary

#CBE196 #96A5E1 #D196E1

monochromatic

#9BC438 #B3D366 #CBE196 #E3EFC6 #F3F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CBE196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#CBE196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBE196

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBE196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBE196	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbe196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.100 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbeab5',
    500: '#cbe196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbe196;
$custom-light: #dbeab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbe196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.6,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8757,
    "c": 0.10036,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBE196

secondary

#7B61BA

accent

#22C352

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBE196

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

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