#BACE55#BACE55

#BACE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.147 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BACE55
RGB	rgb(186, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(70, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -23.57, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 61.25, 112.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0685 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.147 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9614, 55.2380, 16.9387)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BACE55 #6955CE

analogous

#CEA555 #BACE55 #7ECE55

triadic

#BACE55 #55BACE #CE55BA

tetradic

#BACE55 #55CEA5 #6955CE #CE557E

square

#BACE55 #55CEA5 #6955CE #CE557E

split-complementary

#BACE55 #557ECE #A555CE

monochromatic

#738326 #9DB233 #BACE55 #CDDC85 #E1E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BACE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#BACE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BACE55

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BACE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BACE55	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bace55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.147 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc89',
    500: '#bace55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bace55;
$custom-light: #d1dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bace55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.917,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81237,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BACE55

secondary

#4A3D8A

accent

#49DF62

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BACE55

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

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