#BAC538#BAC538

#BAC538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.158 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAC538
RGB	rgb(186, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -21.00, 65.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 68.57, 107.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0642 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.158 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9309, 50.6579, 11.3624)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAC538 #4338C5

analogous

#C58A38 #BAC538 #74C538

triadic

#BAC538 #38BAC5 #C538BA

tetradic

#BAC538 #38C58A #4338C5 #C53874

square

#BAC538 #38C58A #4338C5 #C53874

split-complementary

#BAC538 #3874C5 #8A38C5

monochromatic

#60661D #8D952A #BAC538 #CBD467 #DBE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BAC538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BAC538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAC538

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAC538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAC538	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bac538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.158 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d678',
    500: '#bac538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bac538;
$custom-light: #d2d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bac538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.681,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78996,
    "c": 0.15837,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAC538

secondary

#363170

accent

#49DF54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAC538

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

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