#cbde56

Color #cbde56

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 16.39 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#cbde56

RGB

rgb(203, 222, 86)

HSL

hsl(68.4, 67.3%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.4, 61.3%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 61.3%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(84.8, -24.41, 62.61)

LCH

lch(84.8, 67.2, 111.3)

OKLCH

oklch(86.1%, 0.1603, 116.61)

HWB

hwb(68.4, 33.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6956de

Analogous

#dead56

#cbde56

#87de56

Triadic

#cbde56

#56cbde

#de56cb

Split-complementary

#cbde56

#5687de

#ad56de

Tetradic

#cbde56

#56de69

#6956de

#de56cb

Square

#cbde56

#56dead

#6956de

#de5687

Shades

Color #cbde56 mixed toward black.

#bed62b

#98ac22

#728119

#4c5611

#262b08

Tints

Color #cbde56 mixed toward white.

#d4e372

#dce98e

#e5eeab

#eef4c7

#f6f9e3

Tones

Color #cbde56 mixed toward gray.

#c3d361

#bbc76d

#b2bc78

#aab183

#a2a58f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d4d488 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#d2d191 · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#cca4a9 · ΔE 41.7

Achromatopsia

#d4d4d4 · ΔE 26.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #cbde56;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cbde56]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cbde56 (#cbde56) is rgb(203, 222, 86) in RGB.

No, #cbde56 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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