#BAC42B#BAC42B

#BAC42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.164 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAC42B
RGB	rgb(186, 196, 43)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -21.08, 69.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 72.28, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0655 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.164 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4270, 50.0943, 9.8246)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAC42B #352BC4

analogous

#C4822B #BAC42B #6DC42B

triadic

#BAC42B #2BBAC4 #C42BBA

tetradic

#BAC42B #2BC482 #352BC4 #C42B6D

square

#BAC42B #2BC482 #352BC4 #C42B6D

split-complementary

#BAC42B #2B6DC4 #822BC4

monochromatic

#5B6015 #8A9220 #BAC42B #D0D953 #DEE485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BAC42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BAC42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAC42B

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAC42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAC42B	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bac42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 196, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.164 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d572',
    500: '#bac42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bac42b;
$custom-light: #d3d572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bac42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.922,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78698,
    "c": 0.16431,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAC42B

secondary

#2D296B

accent

#41E74C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAC42B

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

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