#BACB49#BACB49

#BACB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.154 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACB49
RGB	rgb(186, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -22.97, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 64.81, 110.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.068 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.154 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8092, 53.6326, 14.3990)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACB49 #5A49CB

analogous

#CB9B49 #BACB49 #79CB49

triadic

#BACB49 #49BACB #CB49BA

tetradic

#BACB49 #49CB9B #5A49CB #CB4979

square

#BACB49 #49CB9B #5A49CB #CB4979

split-complementary

#BACB49 #4979CB #9B49CB

monochromatic

#6C7722 #97A730 #BACB49 #CCD979 #DEE6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BACB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#BACB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACB49

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACB49	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bacb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.154 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da82',
    500: '#bacb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bacb49;
$custom-light: #d2da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bacb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.846,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80457,
    "c": 0.15351,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACB49

secondary

#423880

accent

#49DF5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACB49

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

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