#BAD259#BAD259

#BAD259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.149 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD259
RGB	rgb(186, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -25.20, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 61.46, 114.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0727 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.149 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1001, 57.2538, 18.1244)
Luminance	0.5725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD259 #7159D2

analogous

#D2AD59 #BAD259 #7DD259

triadic

#BAD259 #59BAD2 #D259BA

tetradic

#BAD259 #59D2AD #7159D2 #D2597D

square

#BAD259 #59D2AD #7159D2 #D2597D

split-complementary

#BAD259 #597DD2 #AD59D2

monochromatic

#778B26 #A0BB33 #BAD259 #CEDF89 #E2ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BAD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#BAD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD259

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD259	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.149 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df8c',
    500: '#bad259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad259;
$custom-light: #d1df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.901,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82167,
    "c": 0.14896,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD259

secondary

#4F3E91

accent

#47E166

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD259

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

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