#BACB38#BACB38

#BACB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.165 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACB38
RGB	rgb(186, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -23.94, 66.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 71.03, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0723 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.165 116)
XYZ	xyz(42.3205, 53.4371, 11.8256)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACB38 #4938CB

analogous

#CB9238 #BACB38 #70CB38

triadic

#BACB38 #38BACB #CB38BA

tetradic

#BACB38 #38CB92 #4938CB #CB3870

square

#BACB38 #38CB92 #4938CB #CB3870

split-complementary

#BACB38 #3870CB #9238CB

monochromatic

#636C1C #8F9D29 #BACB38 #CBD869 #DCE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BACB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#BACB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACB38

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACB38	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bacb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.165 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da79',
    500: '#bacb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bacb38;
$custom-light: #d2da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bacb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.939,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80328,
    "c": 0.16487,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.53436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACB38

secondary

#393176

accent

#46E258

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACB38

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

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