#BACD39#BACD39

#BACD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.166 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACD39
RGB	rgb(186, 205, 57)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -24.86, 67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 71.53, 110.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0748 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.166 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8206, 54.3977, 12.1141)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACD39 #4C39CD

analogous

#CD9639 #BACD39 #70CD39

triadic

#BACD39 #39BACD #CD39BA

tetradic

#BACD39 #39CD96 #4C39CD #CD3970

square

#BACD39 #39CD96 #4C39CD #CD3970

split-complementary

#BACD39 #3970CD #9639CD

monochromatic

#656F1C #91A028 #BACD39 #CBD96A #DCE69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BACD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#BACD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACD39

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACD39	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)

#DBC21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bacd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 205, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.166 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc7a',
    500: '#bacd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bacd39;
$custom-light: #d2dc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bacd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.703,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80781,
    "c": 0.16648,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACD39

secondary

#3B3279

accent

#45E359

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACD39

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

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