#BACD40#BACD40

#BACD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.162 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACD40
RGB	rgb(186, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -24.49, 64.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 69.09, 110.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0732 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.162 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0074, 54.4724, 13.0981)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACD40 #5340CD

analogous

#CD9940 #BACD40 #74CD40

triadic

#BACD40 #40BACD #CD40BA

tetradic

#BACD40 #40CD99 #5340CD #CD4074

square

#BACD40 #40CD99 #5340CD #CD4074

split-complementary

#BACD40 #4074CD #9940CD

monochromatic

#69741E #94A52B #BACD40 #CCDA71 #DDE6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BACD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#BACD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACD40

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACD40	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bacd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.162 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc7d',
    500: '#bacd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bacd40;
$custom-light: #d2dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bacd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.085,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80829,
    "c": 0.16213,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACD40

secondary

#3E347D

accent

#46E25B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACD40

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

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