#B6BE21#B6BE21

#B6BE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.164 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6BE21
RGB	rgb(182, 190, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -20.15, 69.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 72.78, 106.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0634 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.164 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9807, 46.8827, 8.4871)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6BE21 #2921BE

analogous

#BE7721 #B6BE21 #67BE21

triadic

#B6BE21 #21B6BE #BE21B6

tetradic

#B6BE21 #21BE77 #2921BE #BE2167

square

#B6BE21 #21BE77 #2921BE #BE2167

split-complementary

#B6BE21 #2167BE #7721BE

monochromatic

#52560F #848A18 #B6BE21 #D5DE3F #E1E773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B6BE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#B6BE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6BE21

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6BE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6BE21	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6be21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 190, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.164 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d16d',
    500: '#b6be21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6be21;
$custom-light: #d0d16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6be21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.057,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76996,
    "c": 0.16363,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6BE21

secondary

#726DCD

accent

#3BED44

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6BE21

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

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