#BAD499#BAD499

#BAD499 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.084 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD499
RGB	rgb(186, 212, 153)
HSL	hsl(86, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(86, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 27.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -18.92, 26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 32.48, 125.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0509 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.084 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5422, 59.8256, 39.0683)
Luminance	0.5983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD499 #B399D4

analogous

#D4D199 #BAD499 #9DD499

triadic

#BAD499 #99BAD4 #D499BA

tetradic

#BAD499 #99D4D1 #B399D4 #D4999D

square

#BAD499 #99D4D1 #B399D4 #D4999D

split-complementary

#BAD499 #999DD4 #D199D4

monochromatic

#7FAB48 #9DC26E #BAD499 #D7E6C4 #F0F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BAD499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#BAD499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD499

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD499	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDCFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 212, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.084 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe1b7',
    500: '#bad499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad499;
$custom-light: #cfe1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.441,
    "s": 40.69,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83589,
    "c": 0.08381,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD499

secondary

#8567AA

accent

#32B46B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD499

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

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