#BAF708

sRGB: 186 / 247 / 8

#BAF708 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 186 red, 247 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 75.3° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 93.7% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 50.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (16.40:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 186, 247, 8
HSL: 75.31°, 93.73%, 50.00%
HSV / HSB: 75.31°, 96.76%, 96.86%
CMYK (approx.): 24.70%, 0.00%, 96.76%, 3.14%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 53.552, 76.977, 12.266
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.311, -45.267, 86.708
WCAG relative luminance: 0.76978
24-bit decimal: 12252936

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BAF708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 16.40:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.28:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#4508F7 sits half a turn (180°) from #BAF708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BAF708 #4508F7

Analogous

#F7BC08 and #43F708 sit 30° to either side of #BAF708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#F7BC08 #BAF708 #43F708

Triadic

#BAF708, #08BAF7 and #F708BA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BAF708 #08BAF7 #F708BA

Split complementary

Start at #BAF708 and look across the wheel. #0843F7 and #BC08F7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BAF708 #0843F7 #BC08F7

Square

Starting with #BAF708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #08F7BC, #4508F7, then #F70843. Across the square, #BAF708 pairs with #4508F7, and #08F7BC with #F70843.

#BAF708 #08F7BC #4508F7 #F70843

Tetradic

#BAF708 and #4508F7 are opposites, as are #08F745 and #F708BA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BAF708 #08F745 #4508F7 #F708BA

Tints

Mixing #BAF708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8F939, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1FDCE, the mixture is 80% white.

#BAF708 #C8F939 #D6FA6B #E3FC9C #F1FDCE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BAF708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #95C606, keeps 80% of the original. By #253102, the mixture is 80% black.

#BAF708 #95C606 #709405 #4A6303 #253102 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BAF708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AEDF20, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9868, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BAF708 #AEDF20 #A3C738 #97B050 #8C9868 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BAF708

RGB

rgb(186 247 8)

HSL

hsl(75.314 93.725% 50.000%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BAF708;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BAF708 uses 186 red, 247 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 72.9%

Green 96.9%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BAF708 is 24.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 96.8% yellow and 3.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 24.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 96.8%

Black 3.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBFF00. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BF0 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BAF708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFF00, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBFF00 Nearest web-safe: #CCFF00

Gradient to complement

#BAF708 #A7CF30 #93A758 #808080 #6C58A7 #5930CF #4508F7

Color vision previews

Compare how #BAF708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#FFE600

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#FDE236

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C3EBD2

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EEEB00

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EBE929

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C0F285

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#E3E3E3

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D0EDA7

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.49102 G 0.93011 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.77908 G 0.96191 B 0.30932

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.56898 G 0.91554 B 0.07794

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.375 y 0.539 Y 76.977

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 27.059 M % 3.137 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111010 11110111 00001000