#BAE57D#BAE57D

#BAE57D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.140 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE57D
RGB	rgb(186, 229, 125)
HSL	hsl(85, 67%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(85, 45%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 0%, 45.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -30.73, 46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 55.34, 123.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0852 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.14 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.9703, 67.9577, 29.7772)
Luminance	0.6796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.66

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE57D #A87DE5

analogous

#E5DC7D #BAE57D #86E57D

triadic

#BAE57D #7DBAE5 #E57DBA

tetradic

#BAE57D #7DE5DC #A87DE5 #E57D86

square

#BAE57D #7DE5DC #A87DE5 #E57D86

split-complementary

#BAE57D #7D86E5 #DC7DE5

monochromatic

#81C127 #9FDB4A #BAE57D #D5EFB0 #F0F9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#BAE57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#BAE57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE57D

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE57D	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFDDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 229, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.140 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0eda4',
    500: '#bae57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae57d;
$custom-light: #d0eda4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.808,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86851,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE57D

secondary

#7949BD

accent

#17CF63

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF6

border

#D4D5D0

text

#14160F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE57D

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

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