#BACA37#BACA37

#BACA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.164 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACA37
RGB	rgb(186, 202, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -23.50, 66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 70.95, 109.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0712 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.164 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0609, 52.9567, 11.6196)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACA37 #4737CA

analogous

#CA9137 #BACA37 #70CA37

triadic

#BACA37 #37BACA #CA37BA

tetradic

#BACA37 #37CA91 #4737CA #CA3770

square

#BACA37 #37CA91 #4737CA #CA3770

split-complementary

#BACA37 #3770CA #9137CA

monochromatic

#626A1C #8E9B29 #BACA37 #CBD767 #DBE498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BACA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BACA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACA37

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACA37	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)

#D8C019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baca37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 202, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.164 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da78',
    500: '#baca37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baca37;
$custom-light: #d2da78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baca37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.531,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80099,
    "c": 0.16436,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACA37

secondary

#383174

accent

#46E157

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACA37

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

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