#B6C842#B6C842

#B6C842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.156 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6C842
RGB	rgb(182, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -23.59, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 66.40, 110.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0702 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.156 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9300, 51.6475, 12.9660)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6C842 #5442C8

analogous

#C89742 #B6C842 #73C842

triadic

#B6C842 #42B6C8 #C842B6

tetradic

#B6C842 #42C897 #5442C8 #C84273

square

#B6C842 #42C897 #5442C8 #C84273

split-complementary

#B6C842 #4273C8 #9742C8

monochromatic

#656F20 #909F2E #B6C842 #C8D671 #DBE4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B6C842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#B6C842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6C842

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6C842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6C842	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6c842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.156 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd87e',
    500: '#b6c842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6c842;
$custom-light: #cfd87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6c842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.06,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79422,
    "c": 0.15641,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6C842

secondary

#3F3679

accent

#4ADE5E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6C842

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

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