#B6C449#B6C449

#B6C449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.147 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6C449
RGB	rgb(182, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -21.18, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 61.88, 110.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0628 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.147 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2348, 49.9066, 13.8154)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6C449 #5749C4

analogous

#C49449 #B6C449 #79C449

triadic

#B6C449 #49B6C4 #C449B6

tetradic

#B6C449 #49C494 #5749C4 #C44979

square

#B6C449 #49C494 #5749C4 #C44979

split-complementary

#B6C449 #4979C4 #9449C4

monochromatic

#666F24 #919D33 #B6C449 #C9D377 #DBE2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B6C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#B6C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6C449

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6C449	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.147 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd581',
    500: '#b6c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6c449;
$custom-light: #cfd581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.829,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78591,
    "c": 0.14663,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6C449

secondary

#A09ACF

accent

#4DDB5D

background

#FDFDF8

surface

#FAFAEF

border

#D3D3CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6C449

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

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