#BAC959#BAC959

#BAC959 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.138 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAC959
RGB	rgb(186, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -20.81, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 57.17, 111.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0604 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.138 116)
XYZ	xyz(42.9403, 52.9342, 17.4045)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAC959 #6859C9

analogous

#C9A059 #BAC959 #82C959

triadic

#BAC959 #59BAC9 #C959BA

tetradic

#BAC959 #59C9A0 #6859C9 #C95982

square

#BAC959 #59C9A0 #6859C9 #C95982

split-complementary

#BAC959 #5982C9 #A059C9

monochromatic

#737E29 #9DAD38 #BAC959 #CDD887 #E0E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BAC959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BAC959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAC959

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAC959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAC959	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bac959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.138 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d98b',
    500: '#bac959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bac959;
$custom-light: #d1d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bac959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.036,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80173,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.52934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAC959

secondary

#494086

accent

#4DDA60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAC959

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

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