#BAD255#BAD255

#BAD255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.152 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD255
RGB	rgb(186, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -25.51, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 63.14, 113.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.074 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.152 119)
XYZ	xyz(44.9366, 57.1884, 17.2637)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD255 #6D55D2

analogous

#D2AB55 #BAD255 #7BD255

triadic

#BAD255 #55BAD2 #D255BA

tetradic

#BAD255 #55D2AB #6D55D2 #D2557B

square

#BAD255 #55D2AB #6D55D2 #D2557B

split-complementary

#BAD255 #557BD2 #AB55D2

monochromatic

#758824 #9FB931 #BAD255 #CEDF85 #E1ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BAD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#BAD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD255

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD255	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.152 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df8a',
    500: '#bad255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad255;
$custom-light: #d1df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.52,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82126,
    "c": 0.15234,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.57188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD255

secondary

#4C3C8F

accent

#46E164

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD255

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

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