#B6C916#B6C916

#B6C916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.178 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6C916
RGB	rgb(182, 201, 22)
HSL	hsl(66, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -25.79, 74.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 79.02, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0795 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.178 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3241, 51.7769, 8.6286)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6C916 #2916C9

analogous

#C98216 #B6C916 #5CC916

triadic

#B6C916 #16B6C9 #C916B6

tetradic

#B6C916 #16C982 #2916C9 #C9165C

square

#B6C916 #16C982 #2916C9 #C9165C

split-complementary

#B6C916 #165CC9 #8216C9

monochromatic

#525B0A #849210 #B6C916 #D5E933 #E1EF6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B6C916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#B6C916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6C916

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6C916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6C916	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C02E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6c916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 201, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.178 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d96c',
    500: '#b6c916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6c916;
$custom-light: #d0d96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6c916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.369,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79421,
    "c": 0.17829,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6C916

secondary

#251D66

accent

#31F746

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6C916

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

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