#BAC231#BAC231

#BAC231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.159 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAC231
RGB	rgb(186, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -19.85, 66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 69.70, 106.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0616 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.159 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0972, 49.2454, 10.2982)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAC231 #3931C2

analogous

#C28131 #BAC231 #72C231

triadic

#BAC231 #31BAC2 #C231BA

tetradic

#BAC231 #31C281 #3931C2 #C23172

square

#BAC231 #31C281 #3931C2 #C23172

split-complementary

#BAC231 #3172C2 #8131C2

monochromatic

#5C6018 #8B9125 #BAC231 #CFD65B #DDE28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BAC231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BAC231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAC231

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAC231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAC231	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B90E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bac231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.159 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d474',
    500: '#bac231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bac231;
$custom-light: #d2d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bac231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.31,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78288,
    "c": 0.15922,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAC231

secondary

#8783CC

accent

#45E34E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAC231

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

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