#BADB38#BADB38

#BADB38 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.183 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BADB38
RGB	rgb(186, 219, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(72, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -31.54, 71.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 77.80, 113.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0933 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.183 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2959, 61.3878, 13.1507)
Luminance	0.6139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BADB38 #5938DB

analogous

#DBAB38 #BADB38 #69DB38

triadic

#BADB38 #38BADB #DB38BA

tetradic

#BADB38 #38DBAB #5938DB #DB3869

square

#BADB38 #38DBAB #5938DB #DB3869

split-complementary

#BADB38 #3869DB #AB38DB

monochromatic

#6C8117 #97B521 #BADB38 #CCE46C #DEEEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BADB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#BADB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BADB38

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BADB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BADB38	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CE11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #badb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 219, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.183 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e67b',
    500: '#badb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #badb38;
$custom-light: #d3e67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#badb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.147,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83913,
    "c": 0.18272,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BADB38

secondary

#412F88

accent

#3CEC5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BADB38

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

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