#BAD042#BAD042

#BAD042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.164 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD042
RGB	rgb(186, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -25.82, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 69.67, 111.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0767 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.164 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7899, 55.9446, 13.6447)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD042 #5842D0

analogous

#D09F42 #BAD042 #73D042

triadic

#BAD042 #42BAD0 #D042BA

tetradic

#BAD042 #42D09F #5842D0 #D04273

square

#BAD042 #42D09F #5842D0 #D04273

split-complementary

#BAD042 #4273D0 #9F42D0

monochromatic

#6B791E #97AA2A #BAD042 #CCDC73 #DEE8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BAD042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#BAD042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD042

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD042	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.164 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2de7f',
    500: '#bad042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad042;
$custom-light: #d2de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.296,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81513,
    "c": 0.16421,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD042

secondary

#413581

accent

#44E35D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD042

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

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