#BACB53#BACB53

#BACB53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.146 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACB53
RGB	rgb(186, 203, 83)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -22.26, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 60.70, 111.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0651 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.146 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1678, 53.7760, 16.2877)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACB53 #6453CB

analogous

#CBA053 #BACB53 #7ECB53

triadic

#BACB53 #53BACB #CB53BA

tetradic

#BACB53 #53CBA0 #6453CB #CB537E

square

#BACB53 #53CBA0 #6453CB #CB537E

split-complementary

#BACB53 #537ECB #A053CB

monochromatic

#717E26 #9CAD34 #BACB53 #CDD982 #E0E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BACB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BACB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACB53

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACB53	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bacb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 203, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.146 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da88',
    500: '#bacb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bacb53;
$custom-light: #d1da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bacb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80551,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACB53

secondary

#473D86

accent

#4BDD60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACB53

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

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