#BAD997#BAD997

#BAD997 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.094 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD997
RGB	rgb(186, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(88, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(88, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 30.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.07, -21.67, 29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.07, 36.39, 126.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% -0.0587 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.094 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6476, 62.2987, 38.6287)
Luminance	0.6230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD997 #B697D9

analogous

#D9D797 #BAD997 #99D997

triadic

#BAD997 #97BAD9 #D997BA

tetradic

#BAD997 #97D9D7 #B697D9 #D99799

square

#BAD997 #97D9D7 #B697D9 #D99799

split-complementary

#BAD997 #9799D9 #D797D9

monochromatic

#7EB442 #9CC96A #BAD997 #D8E9C4 #F0F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#BAD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#BAD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD997

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD997	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.094 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe4b6',
    500: '#bad997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad997;
$custom-light: #cfe4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.182,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84639,
    "c": 0.09389,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD997

secondary

#8864B0

accent

#2CBA6E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD997

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

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