#BAD238#BAD238

#BAD238 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#BAD238
RGBrgb(186, 210, 56)
HSLhsl(69, 63%, 52%)
HSVhsv(69, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(11.4%, 0%, 73.3%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(80.08, -27.30, 68.74)
CIE-LCHlch(80.08, 73.96, 111.66°)
OKLaboklab(81.89% -0.0817 0.1521)
OKLCHoklch(81.89% 0.173 118.2)
XYZxyz(44.0111, 56.8182, 12.3891)
Luminance0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BAD238 #5038D2
analogous
#D29D38 #BAD238 #6DD238
triadic
#BAD238 #38BAD2 #D238BA
tetradic
#BAD238 #38D29D #5038D2 #D2386D
square
#BAD238 #38D29D #5038D2 #D2386D
split-complementary
#BAD238 #386DD2 #9D38D2
monochromatic
#67751A #93A726 #BAD238 #CBDD6A #DDE99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70
#BAD238 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36
#BAD238 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD238
12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BAD238#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BAD2381.001.7012.3612.36
#FFFFFF1.701.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3621.001.001.00
##00000012.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0C617
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DDC745
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C5C6B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bad238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 210, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.173 118.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df7a',
    500: '#bad238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bad238;
$custom-light: #d2df7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bad238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.351,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81892,
    "c": 0.17261,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BAD238
secondary
#3D317E
accent
#42E65B
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFCF2
border
#D4D5CC
text
#15150A
muted
#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD238

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#BAD238 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva