#BAD23B#BAD23B

#BAD23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.171 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD23B
RGB	rgb(186, 210, 59)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 71.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -27.16, 67.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 72.98, 111.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.081 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.171 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0867, 56.8484, 12.7872)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD23B #533BD2

analogous

#D29E3B #BAD23B #6FD23B

triadic

#BAD23B #3BBAD2 #D23BBA

tetradic

#BAD23B #3BD29E #533BD2 #D23B6F

square

#BAD23B #3BD29E #533BD2 #D23B6F

split-complementary

#BAD23B #3B6FD2 #9E3BD2

monochromatic

#69771B #94A927 #BAD23B #CCDD6D #DDE99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BAD23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#BAD23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD23B

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD23B	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 210, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.171 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df7b',
    500: '#bad23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad23b;
$custom-light: #d2df7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.536,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81911,
    "c": 0.17088,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD23B

secondary

#3E327F

accent

#42E65C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD23B

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

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