#B6CB38#B6CB38

#B6CB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.166 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6CB38
RGB	rgb(182, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -25.59, 66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 71.25, 111.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0767 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.166 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3621, 52.9429, 11.7807)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6CB38 #4D38CB

analogous

#CB9638 #B6CB38 #6DCB38

triadic

#B6CB38 #38B6CB #CB38B6

tetradic

#B6CB38 #38CB96 #4D38CB #CB386D

square

#B6CB38 #38CB96 #4D38CB #CB386D

split-complementary

#B6CB38 #386DCB #9638CB

monochromatic

#616C1C #8C9D29 #B6CB38 #C8D869 #DAE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B6CB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#B6CB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6CB38

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6CB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6CB38	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6cb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.166 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfda79',
    500: '#b6cb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6cb38;
$custom-light: #cfda79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6cb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80022,
    "c": 0.16622,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6CB38

secondary

#3B3176

accent

#46E25C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6CB38

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

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