#B6CA38#B6CA38

#B6CA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.165 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6CA38
RGB	rgb(182, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -25.11, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 70.82, 110.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0754 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.165 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1267, 52.4722, 11.7022)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6CA38 #4C38CA

analogous

#CA9538 #B6CA38 #6DCA38

triadic

#B6CA38 #38B6CA #CA38B6

tetradic

#B6CA38 #38CA95 #4C38CA #CA386D

square

#B6CA38 #38CA95 #4C38CA #CA386D

split-complementary

#B6CA38 #386DCA #9538CA

monochromatic

#606B1D #8C9B29 #B6CA38 #C8D768 #D9E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B6CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#B6CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6CA38

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6CA38	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.165 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfda79',
    500: '#b6ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ca38;
$custom-light: #cfda79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.219,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79798,
    "c": 0.1651,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6CA38

secondary

#3B3175

accent

#47E15C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6CA38

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

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