#BAE296#BAE296

#BAE296 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.109 H 130.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE296
RGB	rgb(186, 226, 150)
HSL	hsl(92, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(92, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 33.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.52, -26.17, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.52, 42.12, 128.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0713 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.109 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9501, 67.0330, 38.9972)
Luminance	0.6703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE296 #BE96E2

analogous

#E0E296 #BAE296 #96E298

triadic

#BAE296 #96BAE2 #E296BA

tetradic

#BAE296 #96E0E2 #BE96E2 #E29896

square

#BAE296 #96E0E2 #BE96E2 #E29896

split-complementary

#BAE296 #9896E2 #E296E0

monochromatic

#7BC737 #9AD566 #BAE296 #DAEFC6 #EFF8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BAE296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#BAE296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE296

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE296	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 226, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.109 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfebb5',
    500: '#bae296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae296;
$custom-light: #cfebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.579,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86595,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE296

secondary

#9061BB

accent

#21C477

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE296

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

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