#BAE261#BAE261

#BAE261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.162 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE261
RGB	rgb(186, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(79, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -32.10, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 65.96, 119.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0912 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.162 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6039, 65.6945, 21.3740)
Luminance	0.6570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE261 #8961E2

analogous

#E2CA61 #BAE261 #79E261

triadic

#BAE261 #61BAE2 #E261BA

tetradic

#BAE261 #61E2CA #8961E2 #E26179

square

#BAE261 #61E2CA #8961E2 #E26179

split-complementary

#BAE261 #6179E2 #CA61E2

monochromatic

#7FA91F #A3D92D #BAE261 #D1EB95 #E7F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BAE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#BAE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE261

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE261	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.162 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1eb92',
    500: '#bae261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae261;
$custom-light: #d1eb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.605,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85827,
    "c": 0.16232,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE261

secondary

#5E3CAB

accent

#15D14F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE261

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

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