#BAD959#BAD959

#BAD959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.158 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD959
RGB	rgb(186, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(75, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -28.54, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 64.84, 116.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0821 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.158 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8662, 60.7861, 18.7131)
Luminance	0.6079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD959 #7859D9

analogous

#D9B859 #BAD959 #7AD959

triadic

#BAD959 #59BAD9 #D959BA

tetradic

#BAD959 #59D9B8 #7859D9 #D9597A

square

#BAD959 #59D9B8 #7859D9 #D9597A

split-complementary

#BAD959 #597AD9 #B859D9

monochromatic

#7A9522 #A2C72E #BAD959 #CFE48B #E3F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BAD959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#BAD959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD959

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD959	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.158 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e48d',
    500: '#bad959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad959;
$custom-light: #d1e48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.531,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83728,
    "c": 0.15767,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD959

secondary

#533C9A

accent

#42E66A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD959

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

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