#B6C837#B6C837
#B6C837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.163 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B6C837 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(182, 200, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 57%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 73%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(9%, 0%, 72.5%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.00, -24.19, 66.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.00, 70.32, 110.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.34% -0.0729 0.1463) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.34% 0.163 116.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.6363, 51.5300, 11.4193) |
| Luminance | 0.5153 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.89
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.93
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 2.96
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.34
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.82
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.95
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B6C837 #4937C8
analogous
#C89137 #B6C837 #6EC837
triadic
#B6C837 #37B6C8 #C837B6
tetradic
#B6C837 #37C891 #4937C8 #C8376E
square
#B6C837 #37C891 #4937C8 #C8376E
split-complementary
#B6C837 #376EC8 #9137C8
monochromatic
#5F681D #8A982A #B6C837 #C8D567 #D9E297
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.86
#B6C837 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.31
#B6C837 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B6C837
11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B6C837 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B6C837 | 1.00 | 1.86 | 11.31 | 11.31 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.86 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BD1A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4BF43
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C1BDAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b6c837; /* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 200, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.163 116.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cfd878',
500: '#b6c837',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b6c837; $custom-light: #cfd878; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b6c837",
"rgb": {
"r": 182,
"g": 200,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.448,
"s": 56.863,
"l": 50
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79343,
"c": 0.16347,
"h": 116.5
},
"luminance": 0.51529
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B6C837
secondary
#393172
accent
#48E05B
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF1
border
#D4D4CB
text
#14140A
muted
#83837D