#B6C940#B6C940

#B6C940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.159 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6C940
RGB	rgb(182, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -24.19, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 67.58, 110.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0721 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.159 117)
XYZ	xyz(41.1044, 52.0890, 12.7383)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6C940 #5340C9

analogous

#C99740 #B6C940 #72C940

triadic

#B6C940 #40B6C9 #C940B6

tetradic

#B6C940 #40C997 #5340C9 #C94072

square

#B6C940 #40C997 #5340C9 #C94072

split-complementary

#B6C940 #4072C9 #9740C9

monochromatic

#646F1F #8F9F2D #B6C940 #C8D670 #DAE49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B6C940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#B6C940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6C940

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6C940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6C940	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6c940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.159 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd97d',
    500: '#b6c940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6c940;
$custom-light: #cfd97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6c940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.321,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7963,
    "c": 0.15892,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.52089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6C940

secondary

#3E3578

accent

#49DF5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6C940

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

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