#BADA55#BADA55

#BADA55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.162 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BADA55
RGB	rgb(186, 218, 85)
HSL	hsl(74, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(74, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 0%, 61%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, -29.32, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 66.96, 115.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0846 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.162 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9613, 61.2378, 17.9386)
Luminance	0.6124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BADA55 #7555DA

analogous

#DAB855 #BADA55 #78DA55

triadic

#BADA55 #55BADA #DA55BA

tetradic

#BADA55 #55DAB8 #7555DA #DA5578

square

#BADA55 #55DAB8 #7555DA #DA5578

split-complementary

#BADA55 #5578DA #B855DA

monochromatic

#789420 #A1C72B #BADA55 #CEE587 #E3F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BADA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#BADA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BADA55

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BADA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BADA55	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bada55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 218, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.162 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e58a',
    500: '#bada55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bada55;
$custom-light: #d1e58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bada55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.436,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83912,
    "c": 0.16217,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BADA55

secondary

#513A99

accent

#41E769

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BADA55

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

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