#CBE256#CBE256

#CBE256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.165 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBE256
RGB	rgb(203, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.89, -26.32, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.89, 69.00, 112.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0771 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.165 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5056, 67.7616, 19.0629)
Luminance	0.6776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBE256 #6D56E2

analogous

#E2B356 #CBE256 #85E256

triadic

#CBE256 #56CBE2 #E256CB

tetradic

#CBE256 #56E2B3 #6D56E2 #E25685

square

#CBE256 #56E2B3 #6D56E2 #E25685

split-complementary

#CBE256 #5685E2 #B356E2

monochromatic

#8CA21C #B9D625 #CBE256 #DBEB8A #EBF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CBE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#CBE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBE256

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBE256	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)

#F0D645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbe256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.165 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deeb8c',
    500: '#cbe256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbe256;
$custom-light: #deeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbe256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86928,
    "c": 0.16488,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBE256

secondary

#4A38A5

accent

#13D332

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBE256

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

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