#BAE059#BAE059

#BAE059 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.166 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE059
RGB	rgb(186, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(77, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(77, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -31.82, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 68.25, 117.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.0912 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.166 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7089, 64.4714, 19.3274)
Luminance	0.6447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE059 #7F59E0

analogous

#E0C359 #BAE059 #77E059

triadic

#BAE059 #59BAE0 #E059BA

tetradic

#BAE059 #59E0C3 #7F59E0 #E05977

square

#BAE059 #59E0C3 #7F59E0 #E05977

split-complementary

#BAE059 #5977E0 #C359E0

monochromatic

#7CA11E #A4D428 #BAE059 #CFEA8D #E5F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BAE059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#BAE059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE059

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE059	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)

#ECD349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.166 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e98d',
    500: '#bae059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae059;
$custom-light: #d1e98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.889,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85296,
    "c": 0.16642,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE059

secondary

#573AA4

accent

#15D04A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE059

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

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