#BAE357#BAE357

#BAE357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.172 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE357
RGB	rgb(186, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(78, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.03, -33.36, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.03, 70.50, 118.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.0957 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.172 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4394, 66.0651, 19.1622)
Luminance	0.6606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE357 #8057E3

analogous

#E3C657 #BAE357 #74E357

triadic

#BAE357 #57BAE3 #E357BA

tetradic

#BAE357 #57E3C6 #8057E3 #E35774

square

#BAE357 #57E3C6 #8057E3 #E35774

split-complementary

#BAE357 #5774E3 #C657E3

monochromatic

#7CA41B #A4D924 #BAE357 #D0EC8B #E5F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BAE357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#BAE357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE357

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE357	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)

#EFD646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.172 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ec8c',
    500: '#bae357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae357;
$custom-light: #d2ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85951,
    "c": 0.17175,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE357

secondary

#5838A7

accent

#12D34B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE357

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

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