#BAE857#BAE857

#BAE857 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.178 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE857
RGB	rgb(186, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(79, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -35.65, 63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 72.93, 119.26°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.102 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.178 125)
XYZ	xyz(50.8269, 68.8399, 19.6247)
Luminance	0.6884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE857 #8557E8

analogous

#E8CD57 #BAE857 #72E857

triadic

#BAE857 #57BAE8 #E857BA

tetradic

#BAE857 #57E8CD #8557E8 #E85772

square

#BAE857 #57E8CD #8557E8 #E85772

split-complementary

#BAE857 #5772E8 #CD57E8

monochromatic

#7EAD18 #A4E121 #BAE857 #D0EF8D #E6F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BAE857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#BAE857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE857

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE857	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.178 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ef8c',
    500: '#bae857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae857;
$custom-light: #d2ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.034,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87077,
    "c": 0.17797,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.6884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE857

secondary

#5C35AE

accent

#0DD84E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE857

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

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