#BAE239#BAE239

#BAE239 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.190 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE239
RGB	rgb(186, 226, 57)
HSL	hsl(74, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(74, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 74.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -34.72, 72.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 80.52, 115.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.102 0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.19 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1853, 65.1271, 13.9024)
Luminance	0.6513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE239 #6139E2

analogous

#E2B539 #BAE239 #66E239

triadic

#BAE239 #39BAE2 #E239BA

tetradic

#BAE239 #39E2B5 #6139E2 #E23966

square

#BAE239 #39E2B5 #6139E2 #E23966

split-complementary

#BAE239 #3966E2 #B539E2

monochromatic

#708C15 #9AC11C #BAE239 #CDEA6E #DFF2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BAE239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#BAE239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE239

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE239	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD40E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 226, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.190 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3eb7c',
    500: '#bae239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae239;
$custom-light: #d3eb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.201,
    "s": 74.449,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85499,
    "c": 0.19014,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE239

secondary

#452E91

accent

#37F163

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE239

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

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