#BAC738#BAC738

#BAC738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.161 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAC738
RGB	rgb(186, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -21.99, 65.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 69.38, 108.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0669 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.161 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3881, 51.5722, 11.5148)
Luminance	0.5157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAC738 #4538C7

analogous

#C78D38 #BAC738 #72C738

triadic

#BAC738 #38BAC7 #C738BA

tetradic

#BAC738 #38C78D #4538C7 #C73872

square

#BAC738 #38C78D #4538C7 #C73872

split-complementary

#BAC738 #3872C7 #8D38C7

monochromatic

#61671D #8D972B #BAC738 #CBD468 #DBE298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BAC738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BAC738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAC738

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAC738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAC738	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bac738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.161 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d778',
    500: '#bac738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bac738;
$custom-light: #d2d778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bac738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79439,
    "c": 0.16052,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAC738

secondary

#373272

accent

#48DF56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAC738

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

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