#BAE459#BAE459

#BAE459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.171 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE459
RGB	rgb(186, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.33, -33.67, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.33, 70.20, 118.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0963 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.171 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.7966, 66.6468, 19.6899)
Luminance	0.6665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE459 #8359E4

analogous

#E4C859 #BAE459 #75E459

triadic

#BAE459 #59BAE4 #E459BA

tetradic

#BAE459 #59E4C8 #8359E4 #E45975

square

#BAE459 #59E4C8 #8359E4 #E45975

split-complementary

#BAE459 #5975E4 #C859E4

monochromatic

#7DA71B #A4DB24 #BAE459 #D0ED8E #E6F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BAE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#BAE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE459

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE459	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.171 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ec8d',
    500: '#bae459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae459;
$custom-light: #d2ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.129,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86195,
    "c": 0.17143,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE459

secondary

#5A38A9

accent

#11D44C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE459

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

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