#BAC859#BAC859
#BAC859 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.137 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BAC859 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(186, 200, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 50%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(68, 56%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7%, 0%, 55.5%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.56, -20.31, 52.93) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.56, 56.70, 111.00°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.95% -0.059 0.1233) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.95% 0.137 115.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.7079, 52.4695, 17.3270) |
| Luminance | 0.5247 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Greenish Beige
#C9D179
ΔE00 4.39
Light Olive
#ACBF69
ΔE00 4.83
Greenish Tan
#BCCB7A
ΔE00 4.84
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 4.86
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 5.60
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 6.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BAC859 #6759C8
analogous
#C89F59 #BAC859 #83C859
triadic
#BAC859 #59BAC8 #C859BA
tetradic
#BAC859 #59C89F #6759C8 #C85983
square
#BAC859 #59C89F #6759C8 #C85983
split-complementary
#BAC859 #5983C8 #9F59C8
monochromatic
#737D29 #9DAB39 #BAC859 #CDD787 #E0E6B5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.83
#BAC859 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.49
#BAC859 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BAC859
11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BAC859 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BAC859 | 1.00 | 1.83 | 11.49 | 11.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BF4E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3C160
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C4BEB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bac859; /* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 200, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.137 115.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d1d88b',
500: '#bac859',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bac859; $custom-light: #d1d88b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bac859",
"rgb": {
"r": 186,
"g": 200,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.568,
"s": 50.226,
"l": 56.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79953,
"c": 0.1367,
"h": 115.6
},
"luminance": 0.52469
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BAC859
secondary
#494085
accent
#4EDA60
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFBF4
border
#D4D4CE
text
#14140C
muted
#83837F