The invention provides seed and plants of corn line SHY-6RSNL196. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of corn line SHY-6RSNL196 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.