#BAD037#BAD037

#BAD037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.171 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD037
RGB	rgb(186, 208, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 73.6%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -26.40, 68.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 73.44, 111.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0792 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.171 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4962, 55.8272, 12.0980)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD037 #4D37D0

analogous

#D09937 #BAD037 #6ED037

triadic

#BAD037 #37BAD0 #D037BA

tetradic

#BAD037 #37D099 #4D37D0 #D0376E

square

#BAD037 #37D099 #4D37D0 #D0376E

split-complementary

#BAD037 #376ED0 #9937D0

monochromatic

#65721B #91A326 #BAD037 #CBDC69 #DCE79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BAD037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#BAD037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD037

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD037	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 208, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.171 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2de79',
    500: '#bad037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad037;
$custom-light: #d2de79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.627,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81438,
    "c": 0.17095,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD037

secondary

#3B307B

accent

#43E55A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD037

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

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