#BAE159#BAE159

#BAE159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.168 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE159
RGB	rgb(186, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(77, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(77, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -32.28, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 68.74, 118.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0925 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.168 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9784, 65.0105, 19.4172)
Luminance	0.6501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE159 #8059E1

analogous

#E1C459 #BAE159 #76E159

triadic

#BAE159 #59BAE1 #E159BA

tetradic

#BAE159 #59E1C4 #8059E1 #E15976

square

#BAE159 #59E1C4 #8059E1 #E15976

split-complementary

#BAE159 #5976E1 #C459E1

monochromatic

#7CA21D #A4D627 #BAE159 #D0EA8D #E5F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BAE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#BAE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE159

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE159	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.168 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ea8d',
    500: '#bae159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae159;
$custom-light: #d2ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.206,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85521,
    "c": 0.16768,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE159

secondary

#5839A5

accent

#14D14A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE159

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

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