#CBE261#CBE261

#CBE261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.156 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBE261
RGB	rgb(203, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(71, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -25.51, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 64.49, 113.30°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.0738 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.156 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.9834, 67.9527, 21.5793)
Luminance	0.6795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBE261 #7861E2

analogous

#E2B961 #CBE261 #8AE261

triadic

#CBE261 #61CBE2 #E261CB

tetradic

#CBE261 #61E2B9 #7861E2 #E2618A

square

#CBE261 #61E2B9 #7861E2 #E2618A

split-complementary

#CBE261 #618AE2 #B961E2

monochromatic

#91A91F #BAD92D #CBE261 #DCEB95 #EDF5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CBE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#CBE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBE261

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBE261	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbe261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.156 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb92',
    500: '#cbe261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbe261;
$custom-light: #ddeb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbe261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.698,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87035,
    "c": 0.15595,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBE261

secondary

#503CAB

accent

#15D136

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBE261

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

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