HEX Color #B6DB57 (Yellowgreen)

About #B6DB57

At its core, #B6DB57 is a light and moderate hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Yellowgreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 182, 219, and 87.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). Its ink density profile breaks down to 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 60% yellow, and 14% black. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#B6DB57

RGB182, 219, 87

HSL76.8°, 64.7%, 60.0%

CMYK17%, 0%, 60%, 14%

HSV76.8°, 60.3%, 85.9%

LAB82.5, -31.2, 59.3

XYZ46.3, 61.3, 18.4

Decimal11983703

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#B6DB57 #7B56DB

Analogous

#DBBE56 #74DB56

Triadic

#56B5DB #DB56B5

Tetradic

#56DBBE #7B56DB #DB5674

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#B6DB57

#BEDF69

#C6E37C

#CEE78F

#D6EBA1

#DEEFB4

#E6F3C7

#EEF7D9

#F6FBEC

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#B6DB57

#A1C24D

#8DAA43

#79923A

#657930

#506126

#3C491D

#283013

#141809

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.58:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

13.26:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.51:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

11.27:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #B6DB57; }

.text-color { color: #B6DB57; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #B6DB57; }

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