#BAE559#BAE559

#BAE559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.173 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE559
RGB	rgb(186, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, -34.13, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 70.69, 118.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0976 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.173 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0725, 67.1986, 19.7819)
Luminance	0.6720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE559 #8459E5

analogous

#E5CA59 #BAE559 #74E559

triadic

#BAE559 #59BAE5 #E559BA

tetradic

#BAE559 #59E5CA #8459E5 #E55974

square

#BAE559 #59E5CA #8459E5 #E55974

split-complementary

#BAE559 #5974E5 #CA59E5

monochromatic

#7DA91A #A4DD24 #BAE559 #D0ED8E #E6F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BAE559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#BAE559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE559

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE559	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.173 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ed8d',
    500: '#bae559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae559;
$custom-light: #d2ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8642,
    "c": 0.17268,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE559

secondary

#5B37AB

accent

#10D54D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE559

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

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