#BAC159#BAC159

#BAC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.128 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAC159
RGB	rgb(186, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -16.82, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 53.45, 108.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0491 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.128 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1237, 49.3011, 16.7990)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAC159 #6059C1

analogous

#C19459 #BAC159 #86C159

triadic

#BAC159 #59BAC1 #C159BA

tetradic

#BAC159 #59C194 #6059C1 #C15986

square

#BAC159 #59C194 #6059C1 #C15986

split-complementary

#BAC159 #5986C1 #9459C1

monochromatic

#6F742B #9AA13C #BAC159 #CDD286 #DFE2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BAC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BAC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAC159

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAC159	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bac159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.128 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d38b',
    500: '#bac159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bac159;
$custom-light: #d1d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bac159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.038,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78415,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAC159

secondary

#A8A5D1

accent

#53D55B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAC159

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

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