#b6cd1c

Color #b6cd1c

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 13.21 Nearest Tailwind class lime-400 #9ae600 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b6cd1c

RGB

rgb(182, 205, 28)

HSL

hsl(67.8, 76%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.8, 86.3%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 86.3%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(78.28, -27.57, 74.52)

LCH

lch(78.28, 79.46, 110.3)

OKLCH

oklch(80.3%, 0.1808, 117.73)

HWB

hwb(67.8, 11%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#331ccd

Analogous

#cd8c1c

#b6cd1c

#5ecd1c

Triadic

#b6cd1c

#1cb6cd

#cd1cb6

Split-complementary

#b6cd1c

#1c5ecd

#8c1ccd

Tetradic

#b6cd1c

#1ccd33

#331ccd

#cd1cb6

Square

#b6cd1c

#1ccd8c

#331ccd

#cd1c5e

Shades

Color #b6cd1c mixed toward black.

#98ab17

#798913

#5b670e

#3d4409

#1e2205

Tints

Color #b6cd1c mixed toward white.

#cde334

#d7e95d

#e1ee85

#ebf4ae

#f5f9d6

Tones

Color #b6cd1c mixed toward gray.

#abbe2b

#a0b039

#95a148

#8a9257

#7f8366

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c16e · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#bfbd79 · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#b78e94 · ΔE 45.2

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 28.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6cd1c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6cd1c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b6cd1c (#b6cd1c) is rgb(182, 205, 28) in RGB.

No, #b6cd1c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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