#BAE240#BAE240

#BAE240 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.186 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE240
RGB	rgb(186, 226, 64)
HSL	hsl(75, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(75, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, -34.37, 70.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 78.34, 116.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.1005 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.186 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3721, 65.2018, 14.8863)
Luminance	0.6520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE240 #6840E2

analogous

#E2B940 #BAE240 #69E240

triadic

#BAE240 #40BAE2 #E240BA

tetradic

#BAE240 #40E2B9 #6840E2 #E24069

square

#BAE240 #40E2B9 #6840E2 #E24069

split-complementary

#BAE240 #4069E2 #B940E2

monochromatic

#739216 #9DC71E #BAE240 #CDEA75 #E0F2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BAE240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#BAE240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE240

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE240	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 226, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.186 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3eb7f',
    500: '#bae240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae240;
$custom-light: #d3eb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.815,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85542,
    "c": 0.18626,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE240

secondary

#493096

accent

#38F065

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE240

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

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