#BAD257#BAD257

#BAD257 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.151 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD257
RGB	rgb(186, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 58.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -25.35, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 62.30, 114.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0733 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.151 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0172, 57.2207, 17.6881)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD257 #6F57D2

analogous

#D2AC57 #BAD257 #7CD257

triadic

#BAD257 #57BAD2 #D257BA

tetradic

#BAD257 #57D2AC #6F57D2 #D2577C

square

#BAD257 #57D2AC #6F57D2 #D2577C

split-complementary

#BAD257 #577CD2 #AC57D2

monochromatic

#768A25 #9FBA32 #BAD257 #CEDF87 #E2ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BAD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#BAD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD257

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD257	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)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.151 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df8b',
    500: '#bad257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad257;
$custom-light: #d1df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.707,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82146,
    "c": 0.15067,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD257

secondary

#4D3D90

accent

#47E165

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD257

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

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