#BAE237#BAE237

#BAE237 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.191 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE237
RGB	rgb(186, 226, 55)
HSL	hsl(74, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(74, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 75.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -34.81, 73.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 81.11, 115.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.1024 0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.191 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1364, 65.1075, 13.6448)
Luminance	0.6511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE237 #5F37E2

analogous

#E2B437 #BAE237 #65E237

triadic

#BAE237 #37BAE2 #E237BA

tetradic

#BAE237 #37E2B4 #5F37E2 #E23765

square

#BAE237 #37E2B4 #5F37E2 #E23765

split-complementary

#BAE237 #3765E2 #B437E2

monochromatic

#6F8B14 #9AC01C #BAE237 #CCEA6C #DFF2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BAE237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#BAE237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE237

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE237	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D406

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 226, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.191 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3eb7b',
    500: '#bae237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae237;
$custom-light: #d3eb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.035,
    "s": 74.672,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85487,
    "c": 0.19117,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE237

secondary

#442D90

accent

#37F162

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE237

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

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