#BAD438#BAD438

#BAD438 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.175 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD438
RGB	rgb(186, 212, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -28.25, 69.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 74.81, 112.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0843 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.175 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5079, 57.8119, 12.5547)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD438 #5238D4

analogous

#D4A038 #BAD438 #6CD438

triadic

#BAD438 #38BAD4 #D438BA

tetradic

#BAD438 #38D4A0 #5238D4 #D4386C

square

#BAD438 #38D4A0 #5238D4 #D4386C

split-complementary

#BAD438 #386CD4 #A038D4

monochromatic

#68781A #94AA25 #BAD438 #CBDF6A #DDEA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BAD438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#BAD438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD438

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD438	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 212, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.175 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e17a',
    500: '#bad438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad438;
$custom-light: #d2e17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8234,
    "c": 0.17484,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD438

secondary

#3E3080

accent

#40E75C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD438

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

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