#BACE51#BACE51

#BACE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.151 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACE51
RGB	rgb(186, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(70, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -23.87, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 62.93, 112.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0698 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.151 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8070, 55.1762, 16.1253)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACE51 #6551CE

analogous

#CEA451 #BACE51 #7CCE51

triadic

#BACE51 #51BACE #CE51BA

tetradic

#BACE51 #51CEA4 #6551CE #CE517C

square

#BACE51 #51CEA4 #6551CE #CE517C

split-complementary

#BACE51 #517CCE #A451CE

monochromatic

#728024 #9CB032 #BACE51 #CDDB81 #E0E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BACE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#BACE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACE51

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACE51	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bace51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.151 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc87',
    500: '#bace51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bace51;
$custom-light: #d1dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bace51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81197,
    "c": 0.15078,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACE51

secondary

#483B88

accent

#48DF61

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF3

border

#D4D5CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACE51

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

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