#BAD235#BAD235

#BAD235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.174 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD235
RGB	rgb(186, 210, 53)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 74.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -27.44, 69.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 74.90, 111.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0823 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.174 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9399, 56.7897, 12.0142)
Luminance	0.5679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD235 #4D35D2

analogous

#D29C35 #BAD235 #6CD235

triadic

#BAD235 #35BAD2 #D235BA

tetradic

#BAD235 #35D29C #4D35D2 #D2356C

square

#BAD235 #35D29C #4D35D2 #D2356C

split-complementary

#BAD235 #356CD2 #9C35D2

monochromatic

#65731A #91A525 #BAD235 #CBDD67 #DCE899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BAD235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#BAD235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD235

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD235	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C60E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 210, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.174 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df78',
    500: '#bad235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad235;
$custom-light: #d2df78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.172,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81874,
    "c": 0.17425,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD235

secondary

#3B307C

accent

#41E75A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD235

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

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