#BAD738#BAD738

#BAD738 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.178 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD738
RGB	rgb(186, 215, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -29.67, 70.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 76.08, 112.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0882 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.178 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2648, 59.3257, 12.8070)
Luminance	0.5933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD738 #5538D7

analogous

#D7A438 #BAD738 #6BD738

triadic

#BAD738 #38BAD7 #D738BA

tetradic

#BAD738 #38D7A4 #5538D7 #D7386B

square

#BAD738 #38D7A4 #5538D7 #D7386B

split-complementary

#BAD738 #386BD7 #A438D7

monochromatic

#6A7C19 #95AF23 #BAD738 #CCE16B #DDEB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BAD738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#BAD738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD738

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD738	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 215, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.178 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e37a',
    500: '#bad738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad738;
$custom-light: #d2e37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.943,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83013,
    "c": 0.17821,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD738

secondary

#3F3083

accent

#3EE95E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD738

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

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