Information about #BACA2B color

#BACA2B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #BACA2B is classified in the Register under the Yellow Color Family, with High Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(186, 202, 43) — 72.9% red, 79.2% green, 16.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 6 / 0 / 62 / 21. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A strongly colored sunny yellow, #BACA2B feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for bold branding moments and attention-grabbing details. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Key Lime Pie (#BFC921). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Fuego (#C2D62E) and Rio Grande (#B7C61A).

The recipe behind #BACA2B is rgb(186, 202, 43), with green as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #BACA2B background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 11.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.8:1. No one has named #BACA2B so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#BACA2B color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BACA2B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BACA2B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Key Lime Pie color link
Key Lime Pie

#BFC921

Fuego color link
Fuego

#C2D62E

Rio Grande color link
Rio Grande

#B7C61A

Acid Green color link
Acid Green

#B0BF1A

Las Palmas color link
Las Palmas

#C6DA36

Jardin Green color link
Jardin Green

#A5CF35

Bahia color link
Bahia

#A9C01C

Spritzer color link
Spritzer

#C2E225

Salad Green color link
Salad Green

#A1C935

Pea color link
Pea

#A4BF20

Barberry color link
Barberry

#D2C61F

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BACA2B
  • RGB186, 202, 43
  • CMYK6, 0, 62, 21
  • CSSrgb(186, 202, 43)
  • HSL66°, 65%, 48%
  • HSL Precise66.038°, 64.898%, 48.039%
  • HSV66°, 79%, 79%
  • HSB66°, 79%, 79%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.792
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.169
  • GLSLvec3(0.729, 0.792, 0.169)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.729, 0.792, 0.169, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.729, 0.792, 0.169)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB79.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB16.9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBACA2B
  • DECIMAL ID12241451
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01