#BAE859#BAE859

#BAE859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.176 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE859
RGB	rgb(186, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -35.50, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 72.15, 119.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.1014 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.176 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9097, 68.8731, 20.0610)
Luminance	0.6887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE859 #8759E8

analogous

#E8CF59 #BAE859 #72E859

triadic

#BAE859 #59BAE8 #E859BA

tetradic

#BAE859 #59E8CF #8759E8 #E85972

square

#BAE859 #59E8CF #8759E8 #E85972

split-complementary

#BAE859 #5972E8 #CF59E8

monochromatic

#7EAE18 #A4E123 #BAE859 #D0EF8F #E7F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BAE859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#BAE859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE859

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE859	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)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.176 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ef8e',
    500: '#bae859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae859;
$custom-light: #d2ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.301,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87096,
    "c": 0.17643,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE859

secondary

#5D36AF

accent

#0ED84F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE859

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

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