#BAE85B#BAE85B

#BAE85B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.175 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE85B
RGB	rgb(186, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(80, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(80, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.46, -35.34, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.46, 71.37, 119.68°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.1008 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.175 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9948, 68.9071, 20.5093)
Luminance	0.6891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE85B #895BE8

analogous

#E8CF5B #BAE85B #73E85B

triadic

#BAE85B #5BBAE8 #E85BBA

tetradic

#BAE85B #5BE8CF #895BE8 #E85B73

square

#BAE85B #5BE8CF #895BE8 #E85B73

split-complementary

#BAE85B #5B73E8 #CF5BE8

monochromatic

#7FB019 #A3E025 #BAE85B #D1F091 #E7F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BAE85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#BAE85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE85B

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE85B	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.175 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ef8f',
    500: '#bae85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae85b;
$custom-light: #d2ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.574,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87115,
    "c": 0.17487,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE85B

secondary

#5E37B1

accent

#0ED850

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE85B

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

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