#BAE996#BAE996

#BAE996 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.119 H 132.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE996
RGB	rgb(186, 233, 150)
HSL	hsl(94, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(94, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 35.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.45, -29.50, 35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.45, 46.19, 129.69°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.0805 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.119 132.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.8925, 70.9179, 39.6447)
Luminance	0.7092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE996 #C596E9

analogous

#E3E996 #BAE996 #96E99C

triadic

#BAE996 #96BAE9 #E996BA

tetradic

#BAE996 #96E3E9 #C596E9 #E99C96

square

#BAE996 #96E3E9 #C596E9 #E99C96

split-complementary

#BAE996 #9C96E9 #E996E3

monochromatic

#77D431 #99DE63 #BAE996 #DBF4C9 #EEFAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#BAE996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#BAE996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE996

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE996	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 233, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.119 132.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0f0b5',
    500: '#bae996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae996;
$custom-light: #d0f0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.976,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88141,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 132.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE996

secondary

#9860C4

accent

#18CD7F

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FBFEF8

border

#D4D6D1

text

#141611

muted

#838581

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE996

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

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