#BAE179#BAE179

#BAE179 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.138 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE179
RGB	rgb(186, 225, 121)
HSL	hsl(83, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(83, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -29.30, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 54.97, 122.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0815 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.138 126)
XYZ	xyz(50.6259, 65.6695, 28.0938)
Luminance	0.6567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE179 #A079E1

analogous

#E1D479 #BAE179 #86E179

triadic

#BAE179 #79BAE1 #E179BA

tetradic

#BAE179 #79E1D4 #A079E1 #E17986

square

#BAE179 #79E1D4 #A079E1 #E17986

split-complementary

#BAE179 #7986E1 #D479E1

monochromatic

#82B729 #A0D647 #BAE179 #D4ECAB #EDF7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BAE179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#BAE179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE179

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE179	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 225, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.138 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0eaa1',
    500: '#bae179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae179;
$custom-light: #d0eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85902,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.6567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE179

secondary

#7147B8

accent

#1ACB5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE179

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

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