#BAE038#BAE038

#BAE038 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.188 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE038
RGB	rgb(186, 224, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(74, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 75%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, -33.85, 72.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 79.95, 115.05°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0997 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.188 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6199, 64.0359, 13.5921)
Luminance	0.6404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE038 #5E38E0

analogous

#E0B238 #BAE038 #66E038

triadic

#BAE038 #38BAE0 #E038BA

tetradic

#BAE038 #38E0B2 #5E38E0 #E03866

square

#BAE038 #38E0B2 #5E38E0 #E03866

split-complementary

#BAE038 #3866E0 #B238E0

monochromatic

#6E8815 #99BD1D #BAE038 #CCE86D #DFF0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BAE038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#BAE038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE038

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE038	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED20C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 224, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.188 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e97b',
    500: '#bae038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae038;
$custom-light: #d3e97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.571,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85041,
    "c": 0.18839,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE038

secondary

#442E8E

accent

#38F062

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE038

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

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