#BAE256#BAE256

#BAE256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.171 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE256
RGB	rgb(186, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(77, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(77, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.74, -32.97, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.74, 70.41, 117.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.0947 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.171 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1261, 65.5034, 18.8576)
Luminance	0.6550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE256 #7E56E2

analogous

#E2C456 #BAE256 #74E256

triadic

#BAE256 #56BAE2 #E256BA

tetradic

#BAE256 #56E2C4 #7E56E2 #E25674

square

#BAE256 #56E2C4 #7E56E2 #E25674

split-complementary

#BAE256 #5674E2 #C456E2

monochromatic

#7CA21C #A3D625 #BAE256 #CFEB8A #E5F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BAE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#BAE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE256

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE256	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)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.171 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2eb8b',
    500: '#bae256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae256;
$custom-light: #d2eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85717,
    "c": 0.17128,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE256

secondary

#5738A5

accent

#13D34A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE256

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

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