#CBE251#CBE251

#CBE251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.169 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBE251
RGB	rgb(203, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -26.65, 65.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 70.95, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0785 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.169 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.3112, 67.6838, 18.0388)
Luminance	0.6768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBE251 #6851E2

analogous

#E2B051 #CBE251 #83E251

triadic

#CBE251 #51CBE2 #E251CB

tetradic

#CBE251 #51E2B0 #6851E2 #E25183

square

#CBE251 #51E2B0 #6851E2 #E25183

split-complementary

#CBE251 #5183E2 #B051E2

monochromatic

#899E1A #B7D323 #CBE251 #DBEB85 #EAF3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CBE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#CBE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBE251

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBE251	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbe251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.169 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deeb89',
    500: '#cbe251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbe251;
$custom-light: #deeb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbe251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.517,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86884,
    "c": 0.16863,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBE251

secondary

#4736A1

accent

#12D331

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBE251

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

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