#BAE659#BAE659

#BAE659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.174 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE659
RGB	rgb(186, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.88, -34.58, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.88, 71.18, 119.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0989 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.174 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.3499, 67.7535, 19.8744)
Luminance	0.6775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE659 #8559E6

analogous

#E6CB59 #BAE659 #74E659

triadic

#BAE659 #59BAE6 #E659BA

tetradic

#BAE659 #59E6CB #8559E6 #E65974

square

#BAE659 #59E6CB #8559E6 #E65974

split-complementary

#BAE659 #5974E6 #CB59E6

monochromatic

#7EAB1A #A4DE24 #BAE659 #D0EE8E #E6F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#BAE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#BAE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE659

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE659	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2DCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.174 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ee8d',
    500: '#bae659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae659;
$custom-light: #d2ee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.723,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86645,
    "c": 0.17394,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE659

secondary

#5C37AC

accent

#10D64D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE659

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

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