#BACC42#BACC42

#BACC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.160 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACC42
RGB	rgb(186, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -23.89, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 67.93, 110.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0713 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.16 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8269, 54.0187, 13.3238)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACC42 #5442CC

analogous

#CC9942 #BACC42 #75CC42

triadic

#BACC42 #42BACC #CC42BA

tetradic

#BACC42 #42CC99 #5442CC #CC4275

square

#BACC42 #42CC99 #5442CC #CC4275

split-complementary

#BACC42 #4275CC #9942CC

monochromatic

#69741F #95A42C #BACC42 #CCD972 #DDE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BACC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#BACC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACC42

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACC42	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bacc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.160 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2db7e',
    500: '#bacc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bacc42;
$custom-light: #d2db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bacc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80622,
    "c": 0.15966,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACC42

secondary

#3F357D

accent

#47E15B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACC42

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

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