#BACB59#BACB59

#BACB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.140 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACB59
RGB	rgb(186, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -21.79, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 58.11, 112.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0631 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.14 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4095, 53.8727, 17.5609)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACB59 #6A59CB

analogous

#CBA359 #BACB59 #81CB59

triadic

#BACB59 #59BACB #CB59BA

tetradic

#BACB59 #59CBA3 #6A59CB #CB5981

square

#BACB59 #59CBA3 #6A59CB #CB5981

split-complementary

#BACB59 #5981CB #A359CB

monochromatic

#748128 #9EB037 #BACB59 #CDDA88 #E1E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BACB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#BACB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACB59

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACB59	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bacb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.140 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da8c',
    500: '#bacb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bacb59;
$custom-light: #d1da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bacb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.947,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80615,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACB59

secondary

#4A3F89

accent

#4CDC61

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACB59

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

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