#BAC542#BAC542

#BAC542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.152 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAC542
RGB	rgb(186, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -20.46, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 64.93, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0617 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.152 114)
XYZ	xyz(41.2004, 50.7657, 12.7816)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAC542 #4D42C5

analogous

#C58F42 #BAC542 #79C542

triadic

#BAC542 #42BAC5 #C542BA

tetradic

#BAC542 #42C58F #4D42C5 #C54279

square

#BAC542 #42C58F #4D42C5 #C54279

split-complementary

#BAC542 #4279C5 #8F42C5

monochromatic

#656C21 #919A2F #BAC542 #CBD371 #DCE2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BAC542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BAC542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAC542

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAC542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAC542	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bac542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.152 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d67d',
    500: '#bac542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bac542;
$custom-light: #d2d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bac542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.038,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79069,
    "c": 0.15183,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.50765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAC542

secondary

#3B3675

accent

#4BDC58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAC542

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

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