#B6C951#B6C951

#B6C951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.146 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6C951
RGB	rgb(182, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(70, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(70, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -23.06, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 60.85, 112.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0673 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.146 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6640, 52.3129, 15.6855)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6C951 #6451C9

analogous

#C9A051 #B6C951 #7AC951

triadic

#B6C951 #51B6C9 #C951B6

tetradic

#B6C951 #51C9A0 #6451C9 #C9517A

square

#B6C951 #51C9A0 #6451C9 #C9517A

split-complementary

#B6C951 #517AC9 #A051C9

monochromatic

#6C7A26 #96A934 #B6C951 #CAD780 #DDE6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B6C951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#B6C951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6C951

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6C951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6C951	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6c951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.146 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced987',
    500: '#b6c951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6c951;
$custom-light: #ced987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6c951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7978,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6C951

secondary

#473C82

accent

#4CDC63

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6C951

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

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