#BAE228#BAE228

#BAE228 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.198 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE228
RGB	rgb(186, 226, 40)
HSL	hsl(73, 76%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 82%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 82.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.48, -35.38, 77.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.48, 84.98, 114.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.1049 0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.198 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8299, 64.9849, 12.0306)
Luminance	0.6499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE228 #5028E2

analogous

#E2AD28 #BAE228 #5DE228

triadic

#BAE228 #28BAE2 #E228BA

tetradic

#BAE228 #28E2AD #5028E2 #E2285D

square

#BAE228 #28E2AD #5028E2 #E2285D

split-complementary

#BAE228 #285DE2 #AD28E2

monochromatic

#677F11 #93B418 #BAE228 #CBE95E #DDF194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BAE228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#BAE228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE228

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE228	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)

#F0D400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 226, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.198 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3eb75',
    500: '#bae228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae228;
$custom-light: #d3eb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.903,
    "s": 76.23,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85416,
    "c": 0.19773,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE228

secondary

#3D2986

accent

#35F35E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151609

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE228

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

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