#BAD742#BAD742

#BAD742 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.172 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD742
RGB	rgb(186, 215, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -29.15, 66.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 72.76, 113.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0859 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.172 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5343, 59.4335, 14.2262)
Luminance	0.5943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD742 #5F42D7

analogous

#D7AA42 #BAD742 #6FD742

triadic

#BAD742 #42BAD7 #D742BA

tetradic

#BAD742 #42D7AA #5F42D7 #D7426F

square

#BAD742 #42D7AA #5F42D7 #D7426F

split-complementary

#BAD742 #426FD7 #AA42D7

monochromatic

#6F831C #9AB526 #BAD742 #CCE275 #DFECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BAD742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#BAD742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD742

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD742	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 215, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.172 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e37f',
    500: '#bad742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad742;
$custom-light: #d2e37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.678,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8308,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD742

secondary

#44348A

accent

#40E861

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD742

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

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