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#bac082

a balanced, soft yellow · warm · closest name: Dark Khaki

Token name suggestion: Signal Citron

RGB
186, 192, 130
HSL
66°, 33%, 63%
CMYK
3, 0, 32, 25
Luminance
0.4975

#bac082 is a balanced soft yellow, 66° on the wheel and 31/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.95:1). As text it scores 1.92:1 on white — use #757A3E instead. Nearest name is Dark Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(66 33% 63%)rgb(186 192 130)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bac082 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bac082
Hue
66°
yellow
Saturation
33%
soft
Lightness
63%
balanced
Brightness
75%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4975
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
31/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
10.95:1
Closest name
Dark Khaki
ΔE2000 5.1
Chroma
32.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.788
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 15.5
Web-safe
#CCCC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue66° of 360°
Saturation33%
Lightness63%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bac082.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool31% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red21%
Green76%
Blue3%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#bac082
HEX (8-digit)#bac082ff
RGBrgb(186, 192, 130)
RGBArgba(186, 192, 130, 1)
HSLhsl(66, 33%, 63%)
HSV / HSBhsv(66, 32%, 75%)
HWBhwb(66 51% 25%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 0%, 32%, 25%)
LABlab(75.9 -12.0 30.6)
LCHlch(75.9 32.9 111.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.788 0.083 112.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(43.13, 49.75, 28.45)
Decimal12238978
Display P3color(display-p3 0.729 0.753 0.510)
Web-safe#CCCC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bac082;
background-color: #bac082;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bac082;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bac082] bg-[#bac082]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bac082;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.729, green: 0.753, blue: 0.510)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.729, green: 0.753, blue: 0.510, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BAC082</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBAC082)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBAC082)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(130, 192, 186)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(186, 192, 130)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(186, 192, 130)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 186, 192, 130)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7294f, 0.7529f, 0.5098f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{186,192,130}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bac082 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bac082 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#51552B, #E9EAD6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bac082 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F9F5;
  --brand-100: #F3F4EC;
  --brand-200: #E6E7D4;
  --brand-300: #D6D9B4;
  --brand-400: #bac082;
  --brand-500: #ADB46A;
  --brand-600: #9BA352;
  --brand-700: #818844;
  --brand-800: #676D37;
  --brand-900: #4C502B;
  --brand-950: #30321B;
  --brand: #bac082;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF5;
  --brand-border: #E1E4C9;
  --brand-hover: #ADB46A;
  --brand-pressed: #9FA754;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #232414;
    --brand-ink: #E9EAD6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F9F5',
        100: '#F3F4EC',
        200: '#E6E7D4',
        300: '#D6D9B4',
        400: '#bac082',
        500: '#ADB46A',
        600: '#9BA352',
        700: '#818844',
        800: '#676D37',
        900: '#4C502B',
        950: '#30321B',
        DEFAULT: '#bac082',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F9F5,
  '100': #F3F4EC,
  '200': #E6E7D4,
  '300': #D6D9B4,
  '400': #bac082,
  '500': #ADB46A,
  '600': #9BA352,
  '700': #818844,
  '800': #676D37,
  '900': #4C502B,
  '950': #30321B,
);
$brand-base: #bac082;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F9F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3F4EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E6E7D4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D6D9B4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#bac082", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#ADB46A", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#9BA352", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#818844", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#676D37", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4C502B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#30321B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #bac082 · 10.95:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.92:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.95:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bac082 as text scores 1.92:1 on white and 10.95:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #51552B at 4.08:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#757A3E · 4.56:1
AA on white−27% L
#757A3E
The quick fox
#585C2E · 7.03:1
AAA on white−36% L
#585C2E
The quick fox
#bac082 · 10.95:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bac082
The quick fox
#bac082 · 10.95:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bac082

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #92994D is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bac082 on white: 1.92:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bac082 on black: 10.95:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bac082 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bac082.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.92:1AaAa
Slate 501.83:1AaAa
Slate 1001.75:1AaAa
Slate 2001.56:1AaAa
Slate 3001.29:1AaAa
Slate 4001.34:1AaAa
Slate 5002.48:1AaAa
Slate 6003.95:1AaAa
Slate 7005.40:1AaAa
Slate 8007.63:1AaAa
Slate 9009.31:1AaAa
Black10.95:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C9BA7E
deuteranopia · #C9BC85
tritanopia · #C1B9B0

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #bac082 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F9F5
#F3F4EC
#E6E7D4
#D6D9B4
#bac082
#ADB46A
#9BA352
#818844
#676D37
#4C502B
#30321B
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F9F9F5Darkest = 950 · #30321BText step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.021 112.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.033 112.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.050 112.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.064 112.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.076 112.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.083 112.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.083 112.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.078 112.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.069 112.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.058 112.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.045 112.8);
}

Colors that work with #bac082

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9FAF5
Tinted page background
Border#E1E4C9
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#91994D
Captions on the surface
Accent#7E89C4
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#51552B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6F6EE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#232414
Dark-mode background
Hover#ADB46A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9FA754
Two steps down
Disabled#E0E1D1
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C8CF87
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
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How to use #bac082

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #51552B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #92994D

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight37/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#8882C0
Analogous left#C0A782
Analogous right#9BC082
Split-complement 1#829BC0
Split-complement 2#A782C0
Triadic 1#82BAC0
Triadic 2#C082BA
Tetradic#82C0A7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°66°

#bac082 sits at 66°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red72.9%
Green75.3%
Blue51.0%
R · 0–255
186
0xba
G · 0–255
192
0xc0
B · 0–255
130
0x82

CMYK percentages

Cyan3.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow32.3%
Key (black)24.7%

Total ink coverage is 60%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bac082 text on a black background

contrast 10.95:1

Card sample

#bac082 text on a white background

contrast 1.92:1

Card sample

#bac082 on grey

1.75:1

#bac082 on its own surface

1.83:1

#bac082 on its dark surface

8.21:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bac082;
Background color
Panel with #bac082 background
background-color: #bac082;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bac082;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(186, 192, 130, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(186, 192, 130, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bac082;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bac082, #91C082);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bac082, #82C083);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bac082;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bac082;
caret-color: #bac082;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bac082;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6F6EE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bac082;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bac082 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bac082 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(186, 192, 130, 0.5)
rgb(186 192 130 / 50%)
#bac08280
hsl(66 33% 63% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bac082 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bac0821a#F8F9F3
20%#bac08233#F1F2E6
40%#bac08266#E3E6CD
60%#bac08299#D6D9B4
80%#bac082cc#C8CD9B

Gradients from #bac082

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #D0D4AB, #bac082 45%, #51552B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bac082, #79B66E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bac082, #8882C0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DCDFBF 0%, #bac082 45%, #51552B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #D1BBA4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A7CA96 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #51552B 0%, transparent 65%), #bac082;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bac082

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#bac082 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 10.95:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#bac082, answered

What color is #bac082?

#bac082 is a balanced soft yellow, closest to Dark Khaki (ΔE2000 5.1). It sits at 66° on the hue wheel with 33% saturation and 63% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #bac082?

rgb(186, 192, 130) — 186 red, 192 green and 130 blue out of 255, or 72.9% / 75.3% / 51% by channel.

What is #bac082 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(66, 33%, 63%) and hsv(66, 32%, 75%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bac082 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4975 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 10.95:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bac082?

Black. It scores 10.95:1 against #bac082, versus 1.92:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bac082 accessible on a white background?

#bac082 on white scores 1.92:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #757A3E to reach 4.5:1, or #585C2E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bac082?

#8882C0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #829BC0 and #A782C0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bac082?

For interface work: #F9FAF5 as the surface, #E1E4C9 for borders, #91994D for secondary text, #7E89C4 as an accent and #51552B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C0A782 and #9BC082 stays calm, while #8882C0 is the loudest partner.

What is #bac082 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(3%, 0%, 32%, 25%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #bac082 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 31 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C0AF82; nudged cooler, #A3C280.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bac082?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 15.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bac082 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bac082 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bac082] or text-[#bac082], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #bac082 with 50% opacity?

rgba(186, 192, 130, 0.5), or #bac08280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DDE0C1; over black, #5D6041.

Is #bac082 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC99, ΔE2000 4.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bac082 mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #bac082?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D0D4AB, #bac082 45%, #51552B). For more colour, a short hue run to #79B66E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bac082 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bac082 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.