#BACD38#BACD38

#BACD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.167 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACD38
RGB	rgb(186, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -24.91, 67.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 71.86, 110.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.075 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.167 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7959, 54.3878, 11.9840)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACD38 #4B38CD

analogous

#CD9538 #BACD38 #6FCD38

triadic

#BACD38 #38BACD #CD38BA

tetradic

#BACD38 #38CD95 #4B38CD #CD386F

square

#BACD38 #38CD95 #4B38CD #CD386F

split-complementary

#BACD38 #386FCD #9538CD

monochromatic

#646F1C #90A028 #BACD38 #CBD969 #DCE69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BACD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#BACD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACD38

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACD38	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bacd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.167 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc79',
    500: '#bacd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bacd38;
$custom-light: #d2dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bacd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.651,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80774,
    "c": 0.16707,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACD38

secondary

#3A3178

accent

#45E359

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACD38

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

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