#BAE356#BAE356

#BAE356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.173 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE356
RGB	rgb(186, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(77, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(77, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -33.43, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 70.89, 118.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.94% -0.096 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(85.94% 0.173 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3989, 66.0488, 18.9485)
Luminance	0.6605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE356 #7F56E3

analogous

#E3C656 #BAE356 #74E356

triadic

#BAE356 #56BAE3 #E356BA

tetradic

#BAE356 #56E3C6 #7F56E3 #E35674

square

#BAE356 #56E3C6 #7F56E3 #E35674

split-complementary

#BAE356 #5674E3 #C656E3

monochromatic

#7CA41B #A4D824 #BAE356 #CFEC8B #E5F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BAE356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#BAE356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE356

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE356	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.173 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ec8b',
    500: '#bae356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae356;
$custom-light: #d2ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.447,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85942,
    "c": 0.17252,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE356

secondary

#5737A6

accent

#12D44A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE356

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

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