#BAE55B#BAE55B

#BAE55B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.171 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE55B
RGB	rgb(186, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(79, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 0%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -33.97, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 69.90, 119.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.097 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.171 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1576, 67.2326, 20.2302)
Luminance	0.6723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE55B #865BE5

analogous

#E5CB5B #BAE55B #75E55B

triadic

#BAE55B #5BBAE5 #E55BBA

tetradic

#BAE55B #5BE5CB #865BE5 #E55B75

square

#BAE55B #5BE5CB #865BE5 #E55B75

split-complementary

#BAE55B #5B75E5 #CB5BE5

monochromatic

#7EAB1B #A4DD26 #BAE55B #D0ED90 #E6F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BAE55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#BAE55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE55B

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE55B	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.171 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ed8f',
    500: '#bae55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae55b;
$custom-light: #d2ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.696,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86439,
    "c": 0.1711,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE55B

secondary

#5C38AC

accent

#11D54E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE55B

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

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