#B6C040#B6C040

#B6C040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.149 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6C040
RGB	rgb(182, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -19.77, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 63.71, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0598 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.149 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0675, 48.0153, 12.0594)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6C040 #4A40C0

analogous

#C08A40 #B6C040 #76C040

triadic

#B6C040 #40B6C0 #C040B6

tetradic

#B6C040 #40C08A #4A40C0 #C04076

square

#B6C040 #40C08A #4A40C0 #C04076

split-complementary

#B6C040 #4076C0 #8A40C0

monochromatic

#5F6421 #8B9230 #B6C040 #C8CF6E #D9DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B6C040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#B6C040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6C040

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6C040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6C040	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6c040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.149 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd27c',
    500: '#b6c040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6c040;
$custom-light: #cfd27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6c040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.688,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77626,
    "c": 0.14881,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6C040

secondary

#9691CB

accent

#4EDA59

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6C040

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

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