#BAD251#BAD251

#BAD251 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.156 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD251
RGB	rgb(186, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(71, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 61.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -25.81, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 64.79, 113.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0752 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.156 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7822, 57.1267, 16.4504)
Luminance	0.5713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD251 #6951D2

analogous

#D2AA51 #BAD251 #7AD251

triadic

#BAD251 #51BAD2 #D251BA

tetradic

#BAD251 #51D2AA #6951D2 #D2517A

square

#BAD251 #51D2AA #6951D2 #D2517A

split-complementary

#BAD251 #517AD2 #AA51D2

monochromatic

#738623 #9DB72F #BAD251 #CDDF82 #E1EBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BAD251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#BAD251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD251

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD251	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.156 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df87',
    500: '#bad251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad251;
$custom-light: #d1df87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.163,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82087,
    "c": 0.15559,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD251

secondary

#4A3B8D

accent

#46E263

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD251

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

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