#BACB40#BACB40

#BACB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.160 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACB40
RGB	rgb(186, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -23.52, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 68.23, 110.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0704 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.16 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5321, 53.5217, 12.9397)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACB40 #5140CB

analogous

#CB9640 #BACB40 #75CB40

triadic

#BACB40 #40BACB #CB40BA

tetradic

#BACB40 #40CB96 #5140CB #CB4075

square

#BACB40 #40CB96 #5140CB #CB4075

split-complementary

#BACB40 #4075CB #9640CB

monochromatic

#68721F #93A22C #BACB40 #CBD870 #DDE5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BACB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#BACB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACB40

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACB40	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bacb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.160 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da7d',
    500: '#bacb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bacb40;
$custom-light: #d2da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bacb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.338,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80384,
    "c": 0.15988,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACB40

secondary

#3D357B

accent

#47E05A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACB40

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

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