#BAE97A#BAE97A
#BAE97A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.149 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BAE97A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(186, 233, 122) |
| HSL | hsl(85, 72%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(85, 48%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 47.6%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.06, -32.92, 48.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.06, 58.84, 124.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.7% -0.0915 0.117) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.7% 0.149 128) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.9011, 70.1213, 29.1563) |
| Luminance | 0.7012 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pistachio (survey)
#C0FA8B
ΔE00 3.81
Light Pea Green
#C4FE82
ΔE00 4.47
Light Yellow Green
#CCFD7F
ΔE00 4.53
Light Yellowish Green
#C2FF89
ΔE00 4.70
Celery
#C1FD95
ΔE00 4.87
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 4.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BAE97A #A97AE9
analogous
#E9E07A #BAE97A #83E97A
triadic
#BAE97A #7ABAE9 #E97ABA
tetradic
#BAE97A #7AE9E0 #A97AE9 #E97A83
square
#BAE97A #7AE9E0 #A97AE9 #E97A83
split-complementary
#BAE97A #7A83E9 #E07AE9
monochromatic
#81C821 #9FE045 #BAE97A #D5F2AF #F0FAE3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.40
#BAE97A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.02
#BAE97A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BAE97A
15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BAE97A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BAE97A | 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)
#F3DC71
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD981
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BFE0CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DADADA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bae97a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 233, 122); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.149 128.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d1f0a2',
500: '#bae97a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bae97a; $custom-light: #d1f0a2; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bae97a",
"rgb": {
"r": 186,
"g": 233,
"b": 122
},
"hsl": {
"h": 85.405,
"s": 71.613,
"l": 69.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87701,
"c": 0.14858,
"h": 128
},
"luminance": 0.70122
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BAE97A
secondary
#7A46C1
accent
#12D464
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FBFEF6
border
#D4D6D0
text
#14160F
muted
#838580