#BAD559#BAD559

#BAD559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.153 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD559
RGB	rgb(186, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -26.64, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 62.90, 115.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0767 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.153 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8477, 58.7490, 18.3736)
Luminance	0.5875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD559 #7459D5

analogous

#D5B259 #BAD559 #7CD559

triadic

#BAD559 #59BAD5 #D559BA

tetradic

#BAD559 #59D5B2 #7459D5 #D5597C

square

#BAD559 #59D5B2 #7459D5 #D5597C

split-complementary

#BAD559 #597CD5 #B259D5

monochromatic

#788F24 #A1C031 #BAD559 #CEE18A #E3EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BAD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#BAD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD559

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD559	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.153 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e28c',
    500: '#bad559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad559;
$custom-light: #d1e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.065,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82835,
    "c": 0.15268,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD559

secondary

#503D95

accent

#45E367

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD559

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

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