#BACB36#BACB36

#BACB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.166 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACB36
RGB	rgb(186, 203, 54)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 73.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -24.03, 67.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 71.69, 109.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0728 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.166 116)
XYZ	xyz(42.2726, 53.4179, 11.5731)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACB36 #4736CB

analogous

#CB9236 #BACB36 #6FCB36

triadic

#BACB36 #36BACB #CB36BA

tetradic

#BACB36 #36CB92 #4736CB #CB366F

square

#BACB36 #36CB92 #4736CB #CB366F

split-complementary

#BACB36 #366FCB #9236CB

monochromatic

#626B1C #8E9C28 #BACB36 #CBD867 #DBE497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BACB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#BACB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACB36

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACB36	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bacb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 203, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.166 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da78',
    500: '#bacb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bacb36;
$custom-light: #d2da78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bacb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.846,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80316,
    "c": 0.16602,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.53417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACB36

secondary

#383175

accent

#46E258

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACB36

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

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