#BAE255#BAE255

#BAE255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.172 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE255
RGB	rgb(186, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(77, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(77, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -33.05, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 70.80, 117.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.095 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.172 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0861, 65.4874, 18.6469)
Luminance	0.6549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE255 #7D55E2

analogous

#E2C355 #BAE255 #73E255

triadic

#BAE255 #55BAE2 #E255BA

tetradic

#BAE255 #55E2C3 #7D55E2 #E25573

square

#BAE255 #55E2C3 #7D55E2 #E25573

split-complementary

#BAE255 #5573E2 #C355E2

monochromatic

#7BA11B #A3D524 #BAE255 #CFEB89 #E4F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BAE255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#BAE255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE255

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE255	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.172 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2eb8b',
    500: '#bae255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae255;
$custom-light: #d2eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.021,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85707,
    "c": 0.17205,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE255

secondary

#5637A4

accent

#13D349

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE255

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

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