#B6C042#B6C042

#B6C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.147 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6C042
RGB	rgb(182, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -19.65, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 62.93, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0592 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.147 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1254, 48.0385, 12.3645)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6C042 #4C42C0

analogous

#C08B42 #B6C042 #77C042

triadic

#B6C042 #42B6C0 #C042B6

tetradic

#B6C042 #42C08B #4C42C0 #C04277

square

#B6C042 #42C08B #4C42C0 #C04277

split-complementary

#B6C042 #4277C0 #8B42C0

monochromatic

#606622 #8C9431 #B6C042 #C8CF70 #D9DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B6C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#B6C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6C042

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6C042	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.147 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd27d',
    500: '#b6c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6c042;
$custom-light: #cfd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.762,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77642,
    "c": 0.14737,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6C042

secondary

#9793CB

accent

#4EDA59

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6C042

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

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