#BAD038#BAD038

#BAD038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.170 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD038
RGB	rgb(186, 208, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -26.35, 68.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 73.12, 111.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.079 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.17 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5204, 55.8368, 12.2256)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD038 #4E38D0

analogous

#D09A38 #BAD038 #6ED038

triadic

#BAD038 #38BAD0 #D038BA

tetradic

#BAD038 #38D09A #4E38D0 #D0386E

square

#BAD038 #38D09A #4E38D0 #D0386E

split-complementary

#BAD038 #386ED0 #9A38D0

monochromatic

#66731B #92A427 #BAD038 #CBDC6A #DCE79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BAD038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#BAD038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD038

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD038	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)

#DEC518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 208, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.170 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2de79',
    500: '#bad038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad038;
$custom-light: #d2de79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.684,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81444,
    "c": 0.17039,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD038

secondary

#3C317B

accent

#43E55A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD038

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

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