#BAE257#BAE257

#BAE257 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	#BAE257
RGB	rgb(186, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(77, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(77, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -32.90, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 70.02, 118.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0944 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.171 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1667, 65.5196, 19.0713)
Luminance	0.6552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE257 #7F57E2

analogous

#E2C557 #BAE257 #75E257

triadic

#BAE257 #57BAE2 #E257BA

tetradic

#BAE257 #57E2C5 #7F57E2 #E25775

square

#BAE257 #57E2C5 #7F57E2 #E25775

split-complementary

#BAE257 #5775E2 #C557E2

monochromatic

#7CA31C #A4D725 #BAE257 #CFEB8B #E5F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BAE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#BAE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE257

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE257	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)

#EED546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.171 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2eb8c',
    500: '#bae257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae257;
$custom-light: #d2eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.266,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85726,
    "c": 0.1705,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE257

secondary

#5738A5

accent

#13D34A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE257

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

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