#B6CD42#B6CD42

#B6CD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.162 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6CD42
RGB	rgb(182, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -26.01, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 68.61, 112.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0769 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.162 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1069, 54.0014, 13.3583)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6CD42 #5942CD

analogous

#CD9E42 #B6CD42 #70CD42

triadic

#B6CD42 #42B6CD #CD42B6

tetradic

#B6CD42 #42CD9E #5942CD #CD4270

square

#B6CD42 #42CD9E #5942CD #CD4270

split-complementary

#B6CD42 #4270CD #9E42CD

monochromatic

#67761F #92A62C #B6CD42 #C9DA72 #DBE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B6CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#B6CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6CD42

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6CD42	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.162 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdc7e',
    500: '#b6cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6cd42;
$custom-light: #cfdc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.928,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80542,
    "c": 0.16216,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6CD42

secondary

#41357E

accent

#46E160

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6CD42

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

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