#BAE959#BAE959

#BAE959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.178 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE959
RGB	rgb(186, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -35.95, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 72.64, 119.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.1027 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.178 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1920, 69.4376, 20.1551)
Luminance	0.6944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE959 #8859E9

analogous

#E9D059 #BAE959 #72E959

triadic

#BAE959 #59BAE9 #E959BA

tetradic

#BAE959 #59E9D0 #8859E9 #E95972

square

#BAE959 #59E9D0 #8859E9 #E95972

split-complementary

#BAE959 #5972E9 #D059E9

monochromatic

#7EB017 #A4E223 #BAE959 #D0F08F #E7F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#BAE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#BAE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE959

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE959	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.178 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2f08e',
    500: '#bae959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae959;
$custom-light: #d2f08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87322,
    "c": 0.17769,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE959

secondary

#5E35B1

accent

#0DD94F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE959

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

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