#BAE979#BAE979

#BAE979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.150 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE979
RGB	rgb(186, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(85, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.04, -33.03, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.04, 59.29, 123.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% -0.0919 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.15 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.8394, 70.0966, 28.8316)
Luminance	0.7010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE979 #A879E9

analogous

#E9E079 #BAE979 #82E979

triadic

#BAE979 #79BAE9 #E979BA

tetradic

#BAE979 #79E9E0 #A879E9 #E97982

square

#BAE979 #79E9E0 #A879E9 #E97982

split-complementary

#BAE979 #7982E9 #E079E9

monochromatic

#81C721 #9FE044 #BAE979 #D5F2AE #F0FAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#BAE979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#BAE979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE979

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE979	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.150 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f0a2',
    500: '#bae979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae979;
$custom-light: #d1f0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.179,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87688,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE979

secondary

#7945C1

accent

#12D463

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF5

border

#D4D6CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE979

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

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