#BACB42#BACB42

#BACB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.159 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACB42
RGB	rgb(186, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -23.40, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 67.50, 110.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0699 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.159 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5900, 53.5449, 13.2448)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACB42 #5342CB

analogous

#CB9742 #BACB42 #76CB42

triadic

#BACB42 #42BACB #CB42BA

tetradic

#BACB42 #42CB97 #5342CB #CB4276

square

#BACB42 #42CB97 #5342CB #CB4276

split-complementary

#BACB42 #4276CB #9742CB

monochromatic

#697320 #94A32D #BACB42 #CCD872 #DDE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BACB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BACB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACB42

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACB42	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bacb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.159 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da7e',
    500: '#bacb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bacb42;
$custom-light: #d2da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bacb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.445,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80399,
    "c": 0.15853,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACB42

secondary

#3E357C

accent

#48E05B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACB42

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

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