#BAE978#BAE978

#BAE978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.151 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE978
RGB	rgb(186, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(85, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.03, -33.14, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.03, 59.73, 123.70°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0923 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.151 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7784, 70.0722, 28.5103)
Luminance	0.7007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE978 #A778E9

analogous

#E9E078 #BAE978 #82E978

triadic

#BAE978 #78BAE9 #E978BA

tetradic

#BAE978 #78E9E0 #A778E9 #E97882

square

#BAE978 #78E9E0 #A778E9 #E97882

split-complementary

#BAE978 #7882E9 #E078E9

monochromatic

#81C620 #9FE043 #BAE978 #D5F2AD #F0FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#BAE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#BAE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE978

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE978	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.151 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f0a1',
    500: '#bae978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae978;
$custom-light: #d1f0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.956,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87674,
    "c": 0.15053,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE978

secondary

#7844C1

accent

#11D462

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF5

border

#D4D6CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE978

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

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