#BAD838#BAD838

#BAD838 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.179 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD838
RGB	rgb(186, 216, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 74.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -30.14, 70.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 76.51, 113.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0895 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.179 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5203, 59.8366, 12.8922)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD838 #5638D8

analogous

#D8A638 #BAD838 #6AD838

triadic

#BAD838 #38BAD8 #D838BA

tetradic

#BAD838 #38D8A6 #5638D8 #D8386A

square

#BAD838 #38D8A6 #5638D8 #D8386A

split-complementary

#BAD838 #386AD8 #A638D8

monochromatic

#6A7D19 #96B023 #BAD838 #CCE26B #DDEC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BAD838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#BAD838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD838

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD838	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)

#E6CB13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 216, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.179 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e47a',
    500: '#bad838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad838;
$custom-light: #d3e47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83238,
    "c": 0.17933,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD838

secondary

#403084

accent

#3EEA5E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD838

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

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