#BAE955#BAE955

#BAE955 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.181 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE955
RGB	rgb(186, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(79, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.69, -36.24, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.69, 74.17, 119.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.1038 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.181 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0286, 69.3723, 19.2944)
Luminance	0.6937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE955 #8455E9

analogous

#E9CE55 #BAE955 #70E955

triadic

#BAE955 #55BAE9 #E955BA

tetradic

#BAE955 #55E9CE #8455E9 #E95570

square

#BAE955 #55E9CE #8455E9 #E95570

split-complementary

#BAE955 #5570E9 #CE55E9

monochromatic

#7DAD16 #A4E21F #BAE955 #D0F08B #E6F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#BAE955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#BAE955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE955

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE955	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.181 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2f08b',
    500: '#bae955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae955;
$custom-light: #d2f08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.054,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87285,
    "c": 0.1807,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE955

secondary

#5B34AE

accent

#0CD94D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE955

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

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