#BAE251#BAE251

#BAE251 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.175 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE251
RGB	rgb(186, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(77, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(77, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.70, -33.33, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.70, 72.34, 117.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0961 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.175 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9317, 65.4256, 17.8335)
Luminance	0.6543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE251 #7951E2

analogous

#E2C251 #BAE251 #71E251

triadic

#BAE251 #51BAE2 #E251BA

tetradic

#BAE251 #51E2C2 #7951E2 #E25171

square

#BAE251 #51E2C2 #7951E2 #E25171

split-complementary

#BAE251 #5171E2 #C251E2

monochromatic

#7A9E1A #A2D323 #BAE251 #CFEB85 #E4F3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BAE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#BAE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE251

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE251	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.175 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2eb88',
    500: '#bae251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae251;
$custom-light: #d2eb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.552,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85672,
    "c": 0.17504,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE251

secondary

#5336A1

accent

#12D347

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE251

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

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