#B6C438#B6C438

#B6C438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.158 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6C438
RGB	rgb(182, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -22.18, 64.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 68.31, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0673 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.158 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7462, 49.7111, 11.2420)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6C438 #4638C4

analogous

#C48C38 #B6C438 #70C438

triadic

#B6C438 #38B6C4 #C438B6

tetradic

#B6C438 #38C48C #4638C4 #C43870

square

#B6C438 #38C48C #4638C4 #C43870

split-complementary

#B6C438 #3870C4 #8C38C4

monochromatic

#5E651D #8A942A #B6C438 #C8D366 #D9E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B6C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#B6C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6C438

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6C438	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.158 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd578',
    500: '#b6c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6c438;
$custom-light: #cfd578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78456,
    "c": 0.15847,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6C438

secondary

#928CCC

accent

#49DF58

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAEE

border

#D3D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6C438

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

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