#BAE057#BAE057

#BAE057 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.168 H 123.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE057
RGB	rgb(186, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(77, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(77, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 61.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, -31.97, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 69.05, 117.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.28% -0.0918 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.28% 0.168 123.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6260, 64.4383, 18.8911)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE057 #7D57E0

analogous

#E0C157 #BAE057 #75E057

triadic

#BAE057 #57BAE0 #E057BA

tetradic

#BAE057 #57E0C1 #7D57E0 #E05775

square

#BAE057 #57E0C1 #7D57E0 #E05775

split-complementary

#BAE057 #5775E0 #C157E0

monochromatic

#7B9F1D #A3D327 #BAE057 #CFEA8B #E4F3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BAE057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#BAE057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE057

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE057	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.168 123.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e98c',
    500: '#bae057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae057;
$custom-light: #d2e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.642,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85277,
    "c": 0.16801,
    "h": 123.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE057

secondary

#5639A2

accent

#15D149

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE057

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

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