#CBE255#CBE255

#CBE255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.166 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBE255
RGB	rgb(203, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.88, -26.39, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.88, 69.40, 112.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0774 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.166 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4656, 67.7456, 18.8522)
Luminance	0.6774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBE255 #6C55E2

analogous

#E2B255 #CBE255 #84E255

triadic

#CBE255 #55CBE2 #E255CB

tetradic

#CBE255 #55E2B2 #6C55E2 #E25584

square

#CBE255 #55E2B2 #6C55E2 #E25584

split-complementary

#CBE255 #5584E2 #B255E2

monochromatic

#8BA11B #B9D524 #CBE255 #DBEB89 #EBF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CBE255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#CBE255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBE255

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBE255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBE255	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)

#F0D643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbe255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.166 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deeb8b',
    500: '#cbe255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbe255;
$custom-light: #deeb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbe255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.787,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86919,
    "c": 0.16565,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBE255

secondary

#4937A4

accent

#13D332

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBE255

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

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