#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
RGBrgb(186, 216, 56)
HSLhsl(71, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(71, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(13.9%, 0%, 74.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(81.75, -30.14, 70.32)
CIE-LCHlch(81.75, 76.51, 113.20°)
OKLaboklab(83.24% -0.0895 0.1554)
OKLCHoklch(83.24% 0.179 119.9)
XYZxyz(45.5203, 59.8366, 12.8922)
Luminance0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##BAD8381.001.6212.9712.97
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000012.9721.001.001.00
##00000012.9721.001.001.00

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

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#BAD838 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva