#B6C538#B6C538

#B6C538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.160 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6C538
RGB	rgb(182, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -22.67, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 68.73, 109.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0686 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.16 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9725, 50.1638, 11.3175)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6C538 #4738C5

analogous

#C58E38 #B6C538 #70C538

triadic

#B6C538 #38B6C5 #C538B6

tetradic

#B6C538 #38C58E #4738C5 #C53870

square

#B6C538 #38C58E #4738C5 #C53870

split-complementary

#B6C538 #3870C5 #8E38C5

monochromatic

#5E661D #8A952A #B6C538 #C8D467 #D9E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B6C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#B6C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6C538

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6C538	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.160 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd678',
    500: '#b6c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6c538;
$custom-light: #cfd678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.383,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78679,
    "c": 0.15957,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6C538

secondary

#383170

accent

#49DF59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6C538

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

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