#CBE856#CBE856

#CBE856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.172 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBE856
RGB	rgb(203, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.52, -29.15, 65.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.52, 71.73, 113.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.085 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.172 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.1658, 71.0819, 19.6163)
Luminance	0.7108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CBE856 #7356E8

analogous

#E8BC56 #CBE856 #82E856

triadic

#CBE856 #56CBE8 #E856CB

tetradic

#CBE856 #56E8BC #7356E8 #E85682

square

#CBE856 #56E8BC #7356E8 #E85682

split-complementary

#CBE856 #5682E8 #BC56E8

monochromatic

#8FAC17 #BAE120 #CBE856 #DCEF8C #ECF7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CBE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#CBE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBE856

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBE856	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbe856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.172 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deef8c',
    500: '#cbe856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbe856;
$custom-light: #deef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbe856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.918,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88244,
    "c": 0.17193,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBE856

secondary

#4D35AD

accent

#0DD836

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBE856

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

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