#BACA55#BACA55

#BACA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.143 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACA55
RGB	rgb(186, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -21.62, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 59.38, 111.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0631 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.143 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0107, 53.3366, 16.6218)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACA55 #6555CA

analogous

#CAA055 #BACA55 #80CA55

triadic

#BACA55 #55BACA #CA55BA

tetradic

#BACA55 #55CAA0 #6555CA #CA5580

square

#BACA55 #55CAA0 #6555CA #CA5580

split-complementary

#BACA55 #5580CA #A055CA

monochromatic

#727D27 #9CAC36 #BACA55 #CDD984 #E0E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BACA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#BACA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACA55

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACA55	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.143 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da89',
    500: '#baca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baca55;
$custom-light: #d1da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.205,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80351,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACA55

secondary

#483E85

accent

#4CDC60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACA55

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

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