#BAD237#BAD237

#BAD237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.173 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD237
RGB	rgb(186, 210, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 73.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -27.35, 69.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 74.28, 111.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0819 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.173 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9869, 56.8085, 12.2616)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD237 #4F37D2

analogous

#D29C37 #BAD237 #6DD237

triadic

#BAD237 #37BAD2 #D237BA

tetradic

#BAD237 #37D29C #4F37D2 #D2376D

square

#BAD237 #37D29C #4F37D2 #D2376D

split-complementary

#BAD237 #376DD2 #9C37D2

monochromatic

#66741A #92A625 #BAD237 #CBDD69 #DCE89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BAD237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#BAD237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD237

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD237	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)

#E0C615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 210, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.173 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df79',
    500: '#bad237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad237;
$custom-light: #d2df79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.29,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81885,
    "c": 0.17317,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD237

secondary

#3C307D

accent

#41E65B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD237

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

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