#BAE956#BAE956

#BAE956 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.180 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE956
RGB	rgb(186, 233, 86)
HSL	hsl(79, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -36.17, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 73.79, 119.35°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.1035 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.18 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0686, 69.3883, 19.5051)
Luminance	0.6939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE956 #8556E9

analogous

#E9CF56 #BAE956 #70E956

triadic

#BAE956 #56BAE9 #E956BA

tetradic

#BAE956 #56E9CF #8556E9 #E95670

square

#BAE956 #56E9CF #8556E9 #E95670

split-complementary

#BAE956 #5670E9 #CF56E9

monochromatic

#7EAE17 #A4E220 #BAE956 #D0F08C #E6F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#BAE956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#BAE956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE956

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE956	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 233, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.180 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2f08c',
    500: '#bae956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae956;
$custom-light: #d2f08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.184,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87294,
    "c": 0.17996,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE956

secondary

#5C34AF

accent

#0CD94E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE956

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

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