#BAE040#BAE040

#BAE040 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.184 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE040
RGB	rgb(186, 224, 64)
HSL	hsl(74, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(74, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 71.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.03, -33.45, 69.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.03, 77.45, 115.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0979 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.184 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8314, 64.1205, 14.7061)
Luminance	0.6412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE040 #6640E0

analogous

#E0B640 #BAE040 #6AE040

triadic

#BAE040 #40BAE0 #E040BA

tetradic

#BAE040 #40E0B6 #6640E0 #E0406A

square

#BAE040 #40E0B6 #6640E0 #E0406A

split-complementary

#BAE040 #406AE0 #B640E0

monochromatic

#728E17 #9CC320 #BAE040 #CDE975 #E0F1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BAE040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#BAE040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE040

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE040	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 224, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.184 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e97f',
    500: '#bae040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae040;
$custom-light: #d2e97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.25,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85091,
    "c": 0.18394,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE040

secondary

#483194

accent

#39EF64

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE040

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →