#BAD942#BAD942

#BAD942 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.175 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD942
RGB	rgb(186, 217, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(72, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -30.09, 67.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 73.65, 114.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.0885 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.175 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0467, 60.4583, 14.3970)
Luminance	0.6046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD942 #6142D9

analogous

#D9AD42 #BAD942 #6ED942

triadic

#BAD942 #42BAD9 #D942BA

tetradic

#BAD942 #42D9AD #6142D9 #D9426E

square

#BAD942 #42D9AD #6142D9 #D9426E

split-complementary

#BAD942 #426ED9 #AD42D9

monochromatic

#70861B #9AB925 #BAD942 #CDE375 #DFEDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BAD942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#BAD942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD942

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD942	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 217, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.175 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e47f',
    500: '#bad942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad942;
$custom-light: #d2e47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.318,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83528,
    "c": 0.17459,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD942

secondary

#45338C

accent

#3EE961

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD942

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

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