#B6D159#B6D159

#B6D159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.149 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6D159
RGB	rgb(182, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(74, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -26.30, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 61.28, 115.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0756 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.149 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8955, 56.2674, 17.9975)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6D159 #7459D1

analogous

#D1B059 #B6D159 #7AD159

triadic

#B6D159 #59B6D1 #D159B6

tetradic

#B6D159 #59D1B0 #7459D1 #D1597A

square

#B6D159 #59D1B0 #7459D1 #D1597A

split-complementary

#B6D159 #597AD1 #B059D1

monochromatic

#738926 #9BB933 #B6D159 #CBDE89 #E0ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#B6D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#B6D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6D159

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6D159	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.149 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedf8c',
    500: '#b6d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6d159;
$custom-light: #cedf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8165,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6D159

secondary

#513E90

accent

#48E06A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6D159

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

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