#B6C856#B6C856

#B6C856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.141 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6C856
RGB	rgb(182, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -22.18, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 58.23, 112.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0643 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.141 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6261, 51.9259, 16.6321)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6C856 #6856C8

analogous

#C8A156 #B6C856 #7DC856

triadic

#B6C856 #56B6C8 #C856B6

tetradic

#B6C856 #56C8A1 #6856C8 #C8567D

square

#B6C856 #56C8A1 #6856C8 #C8567D

split-complementary

#B6C856 #567DC8 #A156C8

monochromatic

#6E7B28 #98AA37 #B6C856 #CAD784 #DEE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B6C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#B6C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6C856

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6C856	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.141 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced88a',
    500: '#b6c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6c856;
$custom-light: #ced88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7961,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6C856

secondary

#493F84

accent

#4DDA64

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6C856

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

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