#BAE457#BAE457

#BAE457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.173 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE457
RGB	rgb(186, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(78, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -33.82, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 70.99, 118.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.0969 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.173 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7137, 66.6137, 19.2536)
Luminance	0.6661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE457 #8157E4

analogous

#E4C757 #BAE457 #74E457

triadic

#BAE457 #57BAE4 #E457BA

tetradic

#BAE457 #57E4C7 #8157E4 #E45774

square

#BAE457 #57E4C7 #8157E4 #E45774

split-complementary

#BAE457 #5774E4 #C757E4

monochromatic

#7CA61B #A4DB23 #BAE457 #D0EC8C #E5F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BAE457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#BAE457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE457

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE457	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2DAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.173 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ec8c',
    500: '#bae457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae457;
$custom-light: #d2ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.872,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86176,
    "c": 0.17299,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE457

secondary

#5937A8

accent

#11D44B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE457

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

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