#CBE959#CBE959

#CBE959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.171 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBE959
RGB	rgb(203, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.82, -29.41, 64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.82, 71.01, 114.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.49% -0.0855 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(88.49% 0.171 120)
XYZ	xyz(55.5715, 71.6958, 20.3604)
Luminance	0.7170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CBE959 #7759E9

analogous

#E9BF59 #CBE959 #83E959

triadic

#CBE959 #59CBE9 #E959CB

tetradic

#CBE959 #59E9BF #7759E9 #E95983

square

#CBE959 #59E9BF #7759E9 #E95983

split-complementary

#CBE959 #5983E9 #BF59E9

monochromatic

#90B017 #BAE223 #CBE959 #DCF08F #EDF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CBE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#CBE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBE959

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBE959	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbe959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.171 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#def08e',
    500: '#cbe959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbe959;
$custom-light: #def08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbe959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.5,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88491,
    "c": 0.17085,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.71696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBE959

secondary

#4F35B1

accent

#0DD937

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBE959

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

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