#BAD42C#BAD42C

#BAD42C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.181 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD42C
RGB	rgb(186, 212, 44)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 79.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, -28.76, 72.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 78.30, 111.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0866 0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.181 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2488, 57.7083, 11.1902)
Luminance	0.5771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD42C #462CD4

analogous

#D49A2C #BAD42C #66D42C

triadic

#BAD42C #2CBAD4 #D42CBA

tetradic

#BAD42C #2CD49A #462CD4 #D42C66

square

#BAD42C #2CD49A #462CD4 #D42C66

split-complementary

#BAD42C #2C66D4 #9A2CD4

monochromatic

#616F17 #8EA221 #BAD42C #CBDE5F #DBE992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BAD42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#BAD42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD42C

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD42C	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 212, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.181 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e174',
    500: '#bad42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad42c;
$custom-light: #d3e174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.286,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82275,
    "c": 0.18082,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD42C

secondary

#382C78

accent

#3FE959

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD42C

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

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