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#bade95

a light, vivid green · neutral · closest name: Light Green

Token name suggestion: Linen Jade

RGB
186, 222, 149
HSL
90°, 53%, 73%
CMYK
16, 0, 33, 13
Luminance
0.6485

#bade95 is a light vivid green, 90° on the wheel and 50/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.97:1). As text it scores 1.50:1 on white — use #547F28 instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(90 53% 73%)rgb(186 222 149)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bade95 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bade95
Hue
90°
green
Saturation
53%
vivid
Lightness
73%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6485
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
50/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
13.97:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 8.5
Chroma
40.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.857
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 13.7
Web-safe
#CCCC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue90° of 360°
Saturation53%
Lightness73%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bade95.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool50% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red16%
Green81%
Blue3%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#bade95
HEX (8-digit)#bade95ff
RGBrgb(186, 222, 149)
RGBArgba(186, 222, 149, 1)
HSLhsl(90, 53%, 73%)
HSV / HSBhsv(90, 33%, 87%)
HWBhwb(90 58% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 0%, 33%, 13%)
LABlab(84.4 -24.4 32.0)
LCHlch(84.4 40.3 127.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.857 0.104 129.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(51.79, 64.85, 38.22)
Decimal12246677
Display P3color(display-p3 0.729 0.871 0.584)
Web-safe#CCCC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bade95;
background-color: #bade95;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bade95;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bade95] bg-[#bade95]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bade95;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.729, green: 0.871, blue: 0.584)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.729, green: 0.871, blue: 0.584, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BADE95</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBADE95)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBADE95)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(149, 222, 186)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(186, 222, 149)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(186, 222, 149)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 186, 222, 149)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7294f, 0.8706f, 0.5843f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{186,222,149}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bade95 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bade95 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#40611E, #E1EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bade95 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F7FAF4;
  --brand-100: #F0F6E9;
  --brand-200: #DEEDCF;
  --brand-300: #bade95;
  --brand-400: #ABD77F;
  --brand-500: #90CA54;
  --brand-600: #7BBB3A;
  --brand-700: #679C30;
  --brand-800: #527C27;
  --brand-900: #3E5B20;
  --brand-950: #263914;
  --brand: #bade95;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D6ECC1;
  --brand-hover: #A8D57A;
  --brand-pressed: #96CD5E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1C2414;
    --brand-ink: #E1EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7FAF4',
        100: '#F0F6E9',
        200: '#DEEDCF',
        300: '#bade95',
        400: '#ABD77F',
        500: '#90CA54',
        600: '#7BBB3A',
        700: '#679C30',
        800: '#527C27',
        900: '#3E5B20',
        950: '#263914',
        DEFAULT: '#bade95',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7FAF4,
  '100': #F0F6E9,
  '200': #DEEDCF,
  '300': #bade95,
  '400': #ABD77F,
  '500': #90CA54,
  '600': #7BBB3A,
  '700': #679C30,
  '800': #527C27,
  '900': #3E5B20,
  '950': #263914,
);
$brand-base: #bade95;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7FAF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F0F6E9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DEEDCF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#bade95", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#ABD77F", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#90CA54", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#7BBB3A", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#679C30", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#527C27", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#3E5B20", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#263914", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #bade95 · 13.97:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.50:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.97:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bade95 as text scores 1.50:1 on white and 13.97:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #40611E at 4.74:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#547F28 · 4.73:1
AA on white−40% L
#547F28
The quick fox
#3F601E · 7.23:1
AAA on white−48% L
#3F601E
The quick fox
#bade95 · 13.97:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bade95
The quick fox
#bade95 · 13.97:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bade95

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #6BA233 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bade95 on white: 1.50:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bade95 on black: 13.97:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bade95 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bade95.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.50:1AaAa
Slate 501.44:1AaAa
Slate 1001.37:1AaAa
Slate 2001.22:1AaAa
Slate 3001.01:1AaAa
Slate 4001.71:1AaAa
Slate 5003.17:1AaAa
Slate 6005.04:1AaAa
Slate 7006.89:1AaAa
Slate 8009.73:1AaAa
Slate 90011.88:1AaAa
Black13.97:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E5D490
deuteranopia · #DFD299
tritanopia · #BDD8CB

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #bade95 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7FAF4
#F0F6E9
#DEEDCF
#bade95
#ABD77F
#90CA54
#7BBB3A
#679C30
#527C27
#3E5B20
#263914
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F7FAF4Darkest = 950 · #263914Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.026 129.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.042 129.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.062 129.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.081 129.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.095 129.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.104 129.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.104 129.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.098 129.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.087 129.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.073 129.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.057 129.7);
}

Colors that work with #bade95

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F7FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#D6ECC1
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#739B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#482CA0
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#40611E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F2F9EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1C2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#A8D57A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#96CD5E
Two steps down
Disabled#F2F4EF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C4E99E
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #bade95

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #40611E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #6BA233

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight27/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#B995DE
Analogous left#DEDD95
Analogous right#95DE95
Split-complement 1#9595DE
Split-complement 2#DD95DE
Triadic 1#95BADE
Triadic 2#DE95BA
Tetradic#95DEDD
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°90°

#bade95 sits at 90°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red72.9%
Green87.1%
Blue58.4%
R · 0–255
186
0xba
G · 0–255
222
0xde
B · 0–255
149
0x95

CMYK percentages

Cyan16.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow32.9%
Key (black)12.9%

Total ink coverage is 62%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bade95 text on a black background

contrast 13.97:1

Card sample

#bade95 text on a white background

contrast 1.50:1

Card sample

#bade95 on grey

1.37:1

#bade95 on its own surface

1.43:1

#bade95 on its dark surface

10.65:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bade95;
Background color
Panel with #bade95 background
background-color: #bade95;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bade95;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(186, 222, 149, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(186, 222, 149, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bade95;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bade95, #95DEA1);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bade95, #95DEB3);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bade95;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bade95;
caret-color: #bade95;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bade95;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F2F9EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bade95;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bade95 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bade95 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(186, 222, 149, 0.5)
rgb(186 222 149 / 50%)
#bade9580
hsl(90 53% 73% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bade95 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bade951a#F8FCF4
20%#bade9533#F1F8EA
40%#bade9566#E3F2D5
60%#bade9599#D6EBBF
80%#bade95cc#C8E5AA

Gradients from #bade95

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #D8ECC4, #bade95 45%, #40611E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bade95, #7ED793);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bade95, #B995DE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E7F4DB 0%, #bade95 45%, #40611E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EAE6BC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #ACE5B1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #40611E 0%, transparent 65%), #bade95;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bade95

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#bade95 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 13.97:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#bade95, answered

What color is #bade95?

#bade95 is a light vivid green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 8.5). It sits at 90° on the hue wheel with 53% saturation and 73% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #bade95?

rgb(186, 222, 149) — 186 red, 222 green and 149 blue out of 255, or 72.9% / 87.1% / 58.4% by channel.

What is #bade95 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(90, 53%, 73%) and hsv(90, 33%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bade95 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6485 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 13.97:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bade95?

Black. It scores 13.97:1 against #bade95, versus 1.50:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bade95 accessible on a white background?

#bade95 on white scores 1.50:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #547F28 to reach 4.5:1, or #3F601E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bade95?

#B995DE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #9595DE and #DD95DE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bade95?

For interface work: #F7FAF4 as the surface, #D6ECC1 for borders, #739B4B for secondary text, #482CA0 as an accent and #40611E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DEDD95 and #95DE95 stays calm, while #B995DE is the loudest partner.

What is #bade95 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(16%, 0%, 33%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #bade95 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 50 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D5DE95; nudged cooler, #9EDF93.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bade95?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 13.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bade95 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bade95 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bade95] or text-[#bade95], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #bade95 with 50% opacity?

rgba(186, 222, 149, 0.5), or #bade9580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DDEFCA; over black, #5D6F4B.

Is #bade95 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC99, ΔE2000 9.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bade95 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #bade95?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D8ECC4, #bade95 45%, #40611E). For more colour, a short hue run to #7ED793 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bade95 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bade95 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.