#BAE279#BAE279

#BAE279 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.140 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE279
RGB	rgb(186, 226, 121)
HSL	hsl(83, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(83, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 46.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -29.77, 46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 55.51, 122.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.13% -0.0828 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(86.13% 0.14 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.8970, 66.2118, 28.1842)
Luminance	0.6621 (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

#BAE279 #A179E2

analogous

#E2D579 #BAE279 #85E279

triadic

#BAE279 #79BAE2 #E279BA

tetradic

#BAE279 #79E2D5 #A179E2 #E27985

square

#BAE279 #79E2D5 #A179E2 #E27985

split-complementary

#BAE279 #7985E2 #D579E2

monochromatic

#82B928 #A0D747 #BAE279 #D4EDAB #EEF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BAE279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#BAE279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE279

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE279	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)

#ECD670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFDAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 226, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.140 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0eba2',
    500: '#bae279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae279;
$custom-light: #d0eba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.857,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86125,
    "c": 0.13985,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE279

secondary

#7246B9

accent

#19CC5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE279

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

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