#BAE253#BAE253

#BAE253 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.174 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE253
RGB	rgb(186, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(77, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(77, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -33.19, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 71.57, 117.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.0955 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.174 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0078, 65.4561, 18.2344)
Luminance	0.6546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE253 #7B53E2

analogous

#E2C253 #BAE253 #72E253

triadic

#BAE253 #53BAE2 #E253BA

tetradic

#BAE253 #53E2C2 #7B53E2 #E25372

square

#BAE253 #53E2C2 #7B53E2 #E25372

split-complementary

#BAE253 #5372E2 #C253E2

monochromatic

#7BA01B #A3D424 #BAE253 #CFEB87 #E4F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BAE253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#BAE253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE253

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE253	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)

#EED541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.174 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2eb8a',
    500: '#bae253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae253;
$custom-light: #d2eb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.783,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85689,
    "c": 0.17356,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE253

secondary

#5537A3

accent

#12D348

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE253

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

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