#BAE561#BAE561

#BAE561 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.166 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE561
RGB	rgb(186, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(80, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(80, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.68, -33.48, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.68, 67.47, 119.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0951 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.166 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4268, 67.3403, 21.6483)
Luminance	0.6734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE561 #8C61E5

analogous

#E5CE61 #BAE561 #78E561

triadic

#BAE561 #61BAE5 #E561BA

tetradic

#BAE561 #61E5CE #8C61E5 #E56178

square

#BAE561 #61E5CE #8C61E5 #E56178

split-complementary

#BAE561 #6178E5 #CE61E5

monochromatic

#7FAF1D #A3DC2C #BAE561 #D1EE96 #E8F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BAE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#BAE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE561

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE561	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.166 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ed92',
    500: '#bae561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae561;
$custom-light: #d1ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.545,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86501,
    "c": 0.16617,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE561

secondary

#613AB0

accent

#12D451

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE561

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

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