#BAE856#BAE856

#BAE856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.179 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE856
RGB	rgb(186, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(79, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -35.72, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 73.31, 119.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.07% -0.1023 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(87.07% 0.179 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.7863, 68.8237, 19.4110)
Luminance	0.6882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE856 #8456E8

analogous

#E8CD56 #BAE856 #71E856

triadic

#BAE856 #56BAE8 #E856BA

tetradic

#BAE856 #56E8CD #8456E8 #E85671

square

#BAE856 #56E8CD #8456E8 #E85671

split-complementary

#BAE856 #5671E8 #CD56E8

monochromatic

#7DAC17 #A4E120 #BAE856 #D0EF8C #E6F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BAE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#BAE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE856

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE856	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.179 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ef8c',
    500: '#bae856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae856;
$custom-light: #d2ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.904,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87068,
    "c": 0.17872,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE856

secondary

#5B35AD

accent

#0DD84D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE856

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

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