HEX Color #B6B616 (Yellowgreen)

About #B6B616

The hex code #B6B616 represents a beautifully specific shade of yellow. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Yellowgreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 182, 182, and 22.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 60.0° hue, 78.4% saturation, and 40.0% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#B6B616

RGB182, 182, 22

HSL60.0°, 78.4%, 40.0%

CMYK0%, 0%, 88%, 29%

HSV60.0°, 87.9%, 71.4%

LAB71.9, -16.4, 70.5

XYZ36.2, 43.5, 7.2

Decimal11974166

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#B6B616 #1515B6

Analogous

#B66615 #66B615

Triadic

#15B6B6 #B615B6

Tetradic

#15B666 #1515B6 #B61566

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#B6B616

#BEBE2F

#C6C649

#CECE63

#D6D67D

#DEDE97

#E6E6B1

#EEEECB

#F6F6E5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#B6B616

#A1A113

#8D8D11

#79790E

#65650C

#505009

#3C3C07

#282804

#141402

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.17:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.69:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.07:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

8.24:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #B6B616; }

.text-color { color: #B6B616; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #B6B616; }

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