#BAE966#BAE966

#BAE966 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.167 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE966
RGB	rgb(186, 233, 102)
HSL	hsl(82, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(82, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.84, -34.89, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.84, 67.43, 121.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.0986 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.167 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7869, 69.6756, 23.2882)
Luminance	0.6968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE966 #9566E9

analogous

#E9D766 #BAE966 #78E966

triadic

#BAE966 #66BAE9 #E966BA

tetradic

#BAE966 #66E9D7 #9566E9 #E96678

square

#BAE966 #66E9D7 #9566E9 #E96678

split-complementary

#BAE966 #6678E9 #D766E9

monochromatic

#81BA1B #A2E130 #BAE966 #D2F19C #EAF8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#BAE966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#BAE966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE966

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE966	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 233, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.167 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f096',
    500: '#bae966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae966;
$custom-light: #d1f096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.527,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87454,
    "c": 0.16707,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE966

secondary

#683AB9

accent

#0ED756

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF5

border

#D4D6CF

text

#14160E

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE966

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

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