#CBE851#CBE851

#CBE851 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.176 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBE851
RGB	rgb(203, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(72, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.49, -29.48, 67.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.49, 73.63, 113.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0864 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.176 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.9713, 71.0041, 18.5922)
Luminance	0.7100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBE851 #6E51E8

analogous

#E8BA51 #CBE851 #80E851

triadic

#CBE851 #51CBE8 #E851CB

tetradic

#CBE851 #51E8BA #6E51E8 #E85180

square

#CBE851 #51E8BA #6E51E8 #E85180

split-complementary

#CBE851 #5180E8 #BA51E8

monochromatic

#8CA816 #B9DE1D #CBE851 #DBEF87 #EBF6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CBE851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#CBE851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBE851

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBE851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBE851	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6DCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbe851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.176 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deef89',
    500: '#cbe851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbe851;
$custom-light: #deef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbe851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.523,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88201,
    "c": 0.17557,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBE851

secondary

#4A33AA

accent

#0DD934

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBE851

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

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