Colour

#BAD715

#BAD715
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#BAD715 is a yellow with RGB values 186, 215, 21 and HSL 69°, 82%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#BAD715#BAD715

HEX#BAD715

RGBrgb(186, 215, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8431, 0.0824

RGB percentages72.9%, 84.3%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(69, 82.2%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(69, 90.2%, 84.3%)

CMYK13.5%, 0%, 90.2%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,244,757

CSS custom property--colour: #BAD715;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59094WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.82:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#4528EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2CB31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original

Tritanopia#C6CBB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 14.6 Green yellow · ΔE 24.4 Yellow · ΔE 24.4 Gold · ΔE 30.7 Lawn green · ΔE 38.4 Chartreuse · ΔE 39

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 14.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#3215D7

Analogous#D79315, #59D715

Triadic#15BAD7, #D715BA

Split complementary#1559D7, #9315D7

Tetradic#15D793, #3215D7, #D71559

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F0F9BF

Lighter +30%#E5F491

Lighter +20%#DBF062

Lighter +10%#D0EB34

Darker −10%#92A910

Darker −20%#6A7A0C

Darker −30%#414C07

Darker −40%#191D03

More saturated +25%#C9EC00

Less saturated −25%#A5B933

Channel breakdown

R186

G215

B21

Red186 (72.9%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue68.97°

Saturation (HSL)82.2%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BA · G D7 · B 15

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Colour values

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