#BACA38#BACA38

#BACA38 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	#BACA38
RGB	rgb(186, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -23.45, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 70.62, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.071 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.164 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0851, 52.9663, 11.7471)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACA38 #4838CA

analogous

#CA9138 #BACA38 #71CA38

triadic

#BACA38 #38BACA #CA38BA

tetradic

#BACA38 #38CA91 #4838CA #CA3871

square

#BACA38 #38CA91 #4838CA #CA3871

split-complementary

#BACA38 #3871CA #9138CA

monochromatic

#626B1D #8F9B29 #BACA38 #CBD768 #DCE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BACA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BACA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACA38

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACA38	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)

#D8C01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.164 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da79',
    500: '#baca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baca38;
$custom-light: #d2da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.575,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80106,
    "c": 0.16378,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACA38

secondary

#393175

accent

#47E158

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACA38

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

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