#BAD040#BAD040

#BAD040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.166 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD040
RGB	rgb(186, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -25.93, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 70.39, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0772 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.166 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7319, 55.9215, 13.3396)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD040 #5640D0

analogous

#D09E40 #BAD040 #72D040

triadic

#BAD040 #40BAD0 #D040BA

tetradic

#BAD040 #40D09E #5640D0 #D04072

square

#BAD040 #40D09E #5640D0 #D04072

split-complementary

#BAD040 #4072D0 #9E40D0

monochromatic

#6A781E #96A92A #BAD040 #CCDC71 #DDE8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BAD040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#BAD040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD040

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD040	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.166 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2de7d',
    500: '#bad040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad040;
$custom-light: #d2de7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.167,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81498,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD040

secondary

#403480

accent

#44E45D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD040

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

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