#BAC259#BAC259

#BAC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.130 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAC259
RGB	rgb(186, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -17.32, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 53.90, 108.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0505 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.13 113)
XYZ	xyz(41.3455, 49.7447, 16.8729)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAC259 #6159C2

analogous

#C29559 #BAC259 #86C259

triadic

#BAC259 #59BAC2 #C259BA

tetradic

#BAC259 #59C295 #6159C2 #C25986

square

#BAC259 #59C295 #6159C2 #C25986

split-complementary

#BAC259 #5986C2 #9559C2

monochromatic

#70752B #9AA23C #BAC259 #CDD286 #DFE3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BAC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BAC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAC259

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAC259	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bac259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.130 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d48b',
    500: '#bac259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bac259;
$custom-light: #d1d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bac259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.571,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78634,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.49744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAC259

secondary

#A9A6D1

accent

#52D65C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAC259

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

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