#BACC38#BACC38

#BACC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.166 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACC38
RGB	rgb(186, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -24.42, 67.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 71.45, 109.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0737 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.166 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5575, 53.9110, 11.9046)
Luminance	0.5391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACC38 #4A38CC

analogous

#CC9438 #BACC38 #70CC38

triadic

#BACC38 #38BACC #CC38BA

tetradic

#BACC38 #38CC94 #4A38CC #CC3870

square

#BACC38 #38CC94 #4A38CC #CC3870

split-complementary

#BACC38 #3870CC #9438CC

monochromatic

#646E1C #909E29 #BACC38 #CBD869 #DCE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BACC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#BACC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACC38

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACC38	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bacc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.166 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2db79',
    500: '#bacc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bacc38;
$custom-light: #d2db79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bacc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.297,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80551,
    "c": 0.16597,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACC38

secondary

#3A3177

accent

#45E259

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACC38

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

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