#BAE259#BAE259

#BAE259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.169 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE259
RGB	rgb(186, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, -32.75, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 69.22, 118.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.0938 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.169 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2496, 65.5528, 19.5076)
Luminance	0.6555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE259 #8159E2

analogous

#E2C559 #BAE259 #76E259

triadic

#BAE259 #59BAE2 #E259BA

tetradic

#BAE259 #59E2C5 #8159E2 #E25976

square

#BAE259 #59E2C5 #8159E2 #E25976

split-complementary

#BAE259 #5976E2 #C559E2

monochromatic

#7CA41D #A4D826 #BAE259 #D0EB8D #E5F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BAE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#BAE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE259

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE259	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.169 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2eb8d',
    500: '#bae259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae259;
$custom-light: #d2eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.518,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85745,
    "c": 0.16893,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE259

secondary

#5939A6

accent

#13D24B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE259

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

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