#BAE278#BAE278

#BAE278 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.141 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE278
RGB	rgb(186, 226, 120)
HSL	hsl(83, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(83, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 46.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -29.88, 47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 55.96, 122.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0832 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.141 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.8360, 66.1874, 27.8629)
Luminance	0.6619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 6.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE278 #A078E2

analogous

#E2D578 #BAE278 #85E278

triadic

#BAE278 #78BAE2 #E278BA

tetradic

#BAE278 #78E2D5 #A078E2 #E27885

square

#BAE278 #78E2D5 #A078E2 #E27885

split-complementary

#BAE278 #7885E2 #D578E2

monochromatic

#82B828 #A0D746 #BAE278 #D4EDAA #EDF8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BAE278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#BAE278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE278

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE278	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 226, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.141 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0eba1',
    500: '#bae278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae278;
$custom-light: #d0eba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.642,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86111,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE278

secondary

#7146B9

accent

#19CC5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE278

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

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