#bac092
a light, soft yellow · warm · closest name: Dark Khaki
Token name suggestion: Drift Citron
#bac092 is a light soft yellow, 68° on the wheel and 36/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.04:1). As text it scores 1.90:1 on white — use #727946 instead. Nearest name is Dark Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is lime.
At a glance
Every number on this page in one read: what #bac092 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.
Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bac092.
Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.
Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.
Every format
| HEX | #bac092 |
| HEX (8-digit) | #bac092ff |
| RGB | rgb(186, 192, 146) |
| RGBA | rgba(186, 192, 146, 1) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 27%, 66%) |
| HSV / HSB | hsv(68, 24%, 75%) |
| HWB | hwb(68 57% 25%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3%, 0%, 24%, 25%) |
| LAB | lab(76.2 -9.8 22.6) |
| LCH | lch(76.2 24.6 113.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.791 0.063 113.9) |
| XYZ (D65) | xyz(44.29, 50.21, 34.55) |
| Decimal | 12238994 |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.729 0.753 0.573) |
| Web-safe | #CCCC99 |
Copy-ready code
/* CSS */
color: #bac092;
background-color: #bac092;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bac092;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bac092] bg-[#bac092]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bac092;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.729, green: 0.753, blue: 0.573)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.729, green: 0.753, blue: 0.573, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BAC092</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBAC092)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBAC092)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(146, 192, 186)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(186, 192, 146)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(186, 192, 146)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 186, 192, 146)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7294f, 0.7529f, 0.5725f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{186,192,146}/* mix without leaving CSS */ background: color-mix(in oklab, #bac092 85%, white); border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bac092 40%, transparent); /* theme-aware in one line */ color: light-dark(#4C512F, #E6E9D8); /* relative colour syntax */ --hover: hsl(from #bac092 h s calc(l - 7));
Design tokens
The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.
:root {
--brand-50: #F9F9F6;
--brand-100: #F2F3ED;
--brand-200: #E4E6D6;
--brand-300: #D2D6B8;
--brand-400: #bac092;
--brand-500: #A5AD71;
--brand-600: #939B5A;
--brand-700: #7A814B;
--brand-800: #62673C;
--brand-900: #484C2E;
--brand-950: #2D301D;
--brand: #bac092;
--brand-ink: #000000;
--brand-surface: #F9F9F5;
--brand-border: #DEE1CB;
--brand-hover: #ACB37C;
--brand-pressed: #9DA665;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
:root {
--brand-surface: #222415;
--brand-ink: #E6E9D8;
}
}theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
brand: {
50: '#F9F9F6',
100: '#F2F3ED',
200: '#E4E6D6',
300: '#D2D6B8',
400: '#bac092',
500: '#A5AD71',
600: '#939B5A',
700: '#7A814B',
800: '#62673C',
900: '#484C2E',
950: '#2D301D',
DEFAULT: '#bac092',
},
},
},
}$brand: (
'50': #F9F9F6,
'100': #F2F3ED,
'200': #E4E6D6,
'300': #D2D6B8,
'400': #bac092,
'500': #A5AD71,
'600': #939B5A,
'700': #7A814B,
'800': #62673C,
'900': #484C2E,
'950': #2D301D,
);
$brand-base: #bac092;
$brand-ink: #000000;
@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }{
"color": {
"brand": {
"50": { "$value": "#F9F9F6", "$type": "color" },
"100": { "$value": "#F2F3ED", "$type": "color" },
"200": { "$value": "#E4E6D6", "$type": "color" },
"300": { "$value": "#D2D6B8", "$type": "color" },
"400": { "$value": "#bac092", "$type": "color" },
"500": { "$value": "#A5AD71", "$type": "color" },
"600": { "$value": "#939B5A", "$type": "color" },
"700": { "$value": "#7A814B", "$type": "color" },
"800": { "$value": "#62673C", "$type": "color" },
"900": { "$value": "#484C2E", "$type": "color" },
"950": { "$value": "#2D301D", "$type": "color" }
},
"brandInk": { "$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.
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.
Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #909958 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
Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bac092 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bac092.
| Neutral | Ratio | Verdict | Both directions |
|---|---|---|---|
| White#ffffff | 1.90:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 50#f8fafc | 1.82:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 100#f1f5f9 | 1.74:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 200#e2e8f0 | 1.54:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 300#cbd5e1 | 1.28:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 400#94a3b8 | 1.35:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 500#64748b | 2.50:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 600#475569 | 3.98:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 700#334155 | 5.44:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 800#1e293b | 7.69:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 900#0f172a | 9.39:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Black#000000 | 11.04:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
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. #bac092 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.
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.
:root {
--brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.016 113.9);
--brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.025 113.9);
--brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.037 113.9);
--brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.049 113.9);
--brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.058 113.9);
--brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.063 113.9);
--brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.063 113.9);
--brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.059 113.9);
--brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.052 113.9);
--brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.044 113.9);
--brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.034 113.9);
}Colors that work with #bac092
Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.
Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.
Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.
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.
Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.
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How to use #bac092
Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.
- ✓Text and icons on dark surfaces
- ✓Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
- ✓Card and section backgrounds
- ✓Brand accents, badges and data highlights
- ⚠Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
- ⚠White text placed on it
- ⚠Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
- ⚠Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Meaning and mood
What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.
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 lightness keeps it airy and approachable.
Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.
- FormalityMedium
- EnergyMedium
- Weight34/100
- 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 | #9892C0 | Directly opposite — maximum tension | |
| Analogous left | #C0AF92 | Neighbour, quieter | |
| Analogous right | #A3C092 | Neighbour, quieter | |
| Split-complement 1 | #92A3C0 | Contrast without the clash | |
| Split-complement 2 | #AF92C0 | Contrast without the clash | |
| Triadic 1 | #92BAC0 | Even thirds — balanced and loud | |
| Triadic 2 | #C092BA | Even thirds — balanced and loud | |
| Tetradic | #92C0AF | Fourth corner of the square scheme |
#bac092 sits at 68°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.
RGB percentages
CMYK percentages
Total ink coverage is 52%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.
Color previews
#bac092 text on a black background
contrast 11.04:1
#bac092 text on a white background
contrast 1.90:1
#bac092 on grey
1.74:1
#bac092 on its own surface
1.80:1
#bac092 on its dark surface
8.30:1
CSS3 live lab
The quick brown fox
color: #bac092;
background-color: #bac092;
Glowing headline
text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bac092;
Soft neon halo
text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(186, 192, 146, 0.45);
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(186, 192, 146, 0.45);
border: 3px solid #bac092; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bac092, #9BC092);
Gradient headline
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bac092, #92C094); -webkit-background-clip: text; color: transparent;
outline: 2px solid #bac092; outline-offset: 3px;
Marked up text
text-decoration-color: #bac092; caret-color: #bac092;
border-left: 4px solid #bac092;
background: #F5F6EF; box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bac092;
background: conic-gradient(#bac092 68%, #e2e8f0 0);
Transparency
What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bac092 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.
rgba(186, 192, 146, 0.5) rgb(186 192 146 / 50%) #bac09280 hsl(68 27% 66% / 50%) color-mix(in srgb, #bac092 50%, transparent)
| Alpha | 8-digit hex | Flat on white |
|---|---|---|
| 10% | #bac0921a | #F8F9F4 |
| 20% | #bac09233 | #F1F2E9 |
| 40% | #bac09266 | #E3E6D3 |
| 60% | #bac09299 | #D6D9BE |
| 80% | #bac092cc | #C8CDA8 |
Gradients from #bac092
Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #D3D6B9, #bac092 45%, #4C512F);
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bac092, #85B57F);
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bac092, #9892C0);
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DFE2CC 0%, #bac092 45%, #4C512F 100%);
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F9F5, #ffffff);
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #D3C4B2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B0CBA6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4C512F 0%, transparent 65%), #bac092;
Monochromatic scale
Palettes built from #bac092
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.
Closest color with a full write-up: Sage (#9caf88) — ΔE2000 7 away, with its history, psychology and brand usage.
#bac092 in the real world
Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.
Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.
Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.
Usable as-is on a dark surface at 11.04:1.
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.
#bac092, answered
What color is #bac092?
#bac092 is a light soft yellow, closest to Dark Khaki (ΔE2000 7.9). It sits at 68° on the hue wheel with 27% saturation and 66% lightness, which reads as warm.
What is the RGB value of #bac092?
rgb(186, 192, 146) — 186 red, 192 green and 146 blue out of 255, or 72.9% / 75.3% / 57.3% by channel.
What is #bac092 in HSL and HSV?
hsl(68, 27%, 66%) and hsv(68, 24%, 75%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.
Is #bac092 a light or a dark color?
It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5021 and perceived brightness is 73%, so black text on it reaches 11.04:1.
Should I use black or white text on #bac092?
Black. It scores 11.04:1 against #bac092, versus 1.90:1 for white — AAA at any size.
Is #bac092 accessible on a white background?
#bac092 on white scores 1.90:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #727946 to reach 4.5:1, or #565B35 for 7:1.
What is the complementary color of #bac092?
#9892C0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #92A3C0 and #AF92C0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.
What colors go well with #bac092?
For interface work: #F9F9F5 as the surface, #DEE1CB for borders, #899154 for secondary text, #474E85 as an accent and #4C512F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C0AF92 and #A3C092 stays calm, while #9892C0 is the loudest partner.
What is #bac092 in CMYK for printing?
cmyk(3%, 0%, 24%, 25%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.
Is #bac092 warm or cool?
Warm — it scores 36 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C0B592; nudged cooler, #A9C290.
Which Tailwind color is closest to #bac092?
The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 18 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bac092 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.
How do I use #bac092 in Tailwind CSS?
Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bac092] or text-[#bac092], 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 #bac092 with 50% opacity?
rgba(186, 192, 146, 0.5), or #bac09280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DDE0C9; over black, #5D6049.
Is #bac092 a web-safe color?
No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC99, ΔE2000 4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.
What does the color #bac092 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 #bac092?
The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D3D6B9, #bac092 45%, #4C512F). For more colour, a short hue run to #85B57F keeps it rich without turning muddy.
Work with #bac092 in the Color Lab
Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.
Every value on this page is computed from #bac092 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.