#BACA42#BACA42

#BACA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.157 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACA42
RGB	rgb(186, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -22.92, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 67.06, 109.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0686 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.157 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3546, 53.0741, 13.1663)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACA42 #5242CA

analogous

#CA9642 #BACA42 #76CA42

triadic

#BACA42 #42BACA #CA42BA

tetradic

#BACA42 #42CA96 #5242CA #CA4276

square

#BACA42 #42CA96 #5242CA #CA4276

split-complementary

#BACA42 #4276CA #9642CA

monochromatic

#687220 #94A22D #BACA42 #CBD772 #DDE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BACA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BACA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACA42

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACA42	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.157 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da7e',
    500: '#baca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baca42;
$custom-light: #d2da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80177,
    "c": 0.15741,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACA42

secondary

#3E357B

accent

#48DF5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACA42

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

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