#BACD36#BACD36

#BACD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.168 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACD36
RGB	rgb(186, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -25.00, 68.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 72.51, 110.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0755 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.168 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7480, 54.3687, 11.7316)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACD36 #4936CD

analogous

#CD9536 #BACD36 #6ECD36

triadic

#BACD36 #36BACD #CD36BA

tetradic

#BACD36 #36CD95 #4936CD #CD366E

square

#BACD36 #36CD95 #4936CD #CD366E

split-complementary

#BACD36 #366ECD #9536CD

monochromatic

#636D1B #8F9E27 #BACD36 #CBD967 #DCE598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BACD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#BACD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACD36

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACD36	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bacd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.168 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc78',
    500: '#bacd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bacd36;
$custom-light: #d2dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bacd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.55,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80762,
    "c": 0.16821,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACD36

secondary

#393077

accent

#44E358

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACD36

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

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