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#baf495

a light, electric green · neutral · closest name: Pale Green

Token name suggestion: Linen Fern

RGB
186, 244, 149
HSL
97°, 81%, 77%
CMYK
24, 0, 39, 4
Luminance
0.7731

#baf495 is a light electric green, 97° on the wheel and 53/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.46:1). As text it scores 1.28:1 on white — use #3D860E instead. Nearest name is Pale Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(97 81% 77%)rgb(186 244 149)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #baf495 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#baf495
Hue
97°
green
Saturation
81%
electric
Lightness
77%
light
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7731
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
53/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.46:1
Closest name
Pale Green
ΔE2000 5.4
Chroma
53.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.906
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 13.7
Web-safe
#CCFF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue97° of 360°
Saturation81%
Lightness77%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #baf495.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool53% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red14%
Green84%
Blue3%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#baf495
HEX (8-digit)#baf495ff
RGBrgb(186, 244, 149)
RGBArgba(186, 244, 149, 1)
HSLhsl(97, 81%, 77%)
HSV / HSBhsv(97, 39%, 96%)
HWBhwb(97 58% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(24%, 0%, 39%, 4%)
LABlab(90.5 -34.7 40.0)
LCHlch(90.5 53.0 131.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.906 0.137 134.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(58.02, 77.31, 40.29)
Decimal12252309
Display P3color(display-p3 0.729 0.957 0.584)
Web-safe#CCFF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #baf495;
background-color: #baf495;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #baf495;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#baf495] bg-[#baf495]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #baf495;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.729, green: 0.957, blue: 0.584)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.729, green: 0.957, blue: 0.584, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BAF495</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBAF495)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBAF495)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(149, 244, 186)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(186, 244, 149)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(186, 244, 149)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 186, 244, 149)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7294f, 0.9569f, 0.5843f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{186,244,149}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #baf495 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #baf495 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#34740C, #DDEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #baf495 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6FCF3;
  --brand-100: #EEF9E6;
  --brand-200: #D9F6C6;
  --brand-300: #baf495;
  --brand-400: #9CEF67;
  --brand-500: #7BEA34;
  --brand-600: #65DE17;
  --brand-700: #54B913;
  --brand-800: #43940F;
  --brand-900: #336B0F;
  --brand-950: #20430A;
  --brand: #baf495;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D1EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #A5F175;
  --brand-pressed: #90ED54;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1A2414;
    --brand-ink: #DDEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FCF3',
        100: '#EEF9E6',
        200: '#D9F6C6',
        300: '#baf495',
        400: '#9CEF67',
        500: '#7BEA34',
        600: '#65DE17',
        700: '#54B913',
        800: '#43940F',
        900: '#336B0F',
        950: '#20430A',
        DEFAULT: '#baf495',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FCF3,
  '100': #EEF9E6,
  '200': #D9F6C6,
  '300': #baf495,
  '400': #9CEF67,
  '500': #7BEA34,
  '600': #65DE17,
  '700': #54B913,
  '800': #43940F,
  '900': #336B0F,
  '950': #20430A,
);
$brand-base: #baf495;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEF9E6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D9F6C6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#baf495", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9CEF67", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7BEA34", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#65DE17", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#54B913", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#43940F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#336B0F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#20430A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #baf495 · 16.46:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.28:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.46:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #baf495 as text scores 1.28:1 on white and 16.46:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #34740C at 4.51:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#3D860E · 4.55:1
AA on white−48% L
#3D860E
The quick fox
#2C610A · 7.44:1
AAA on white−56% L
#2C610A
The quick fox
#baf495 · 16.46:1
AA on blackalready passes
#baf495
The quick fox
#baf495 · 16.46:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#baf495

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4CA711 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#baf495 on white: 1.28:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#baf495 on black: 16.46:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #baf495 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #baf495.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.28:1AaAa
Slate 501.22:1AaAa
Slate 1001.16:1AaAa
Slate 2001.03:1AaAa
Slate 3001.16:1AaAa
Slate 4002.01:1AaAa
Slate 5003.73:1AaAa
Slate 6005.94:1AaAa
Slate 7008.12:1AaAa
Slate 80011.47:1AaAa
Slate 90013.99:1AaAa
Black16.46:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FBE78E
deuteranopia · #F2E29A
tritanopia · #BAEDDC

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #baf495 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6FCF3
#EEF9E6
#D9F6C6
#baf495
#9CEF67
#7BEA34
#65DE17
#54B913
#43940F
#336B0F
#20430A
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F6FCF3Darkest = 950 · #20430AText step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.034 134.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.055 134.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.082 134.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.107 134.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.126 134.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.137 134.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.137 134.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.129 134.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.115 134.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.096 134.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.075 134.0);
}

Colors that work with #baf495

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F7FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#D1EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#6A9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#4E10BC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#34740C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0FDE8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1A2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#A5F175
One step down in lightness
Pressed#90ED54
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C5FBA3
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #baf495

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #34740C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #4CA711

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight23/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#CF95F4
Analogous left#EAF495
Analogous right#95F4A0
Split-complement 1#A095F4
Split-complement 2#F495EA
Triadic 1#95BAF4
Triadic 2#F495BA
Tetradic#95EAF4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°97°

#baf495 sits at 97°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red72.9%
Green95.7%
Blue58.4%
R · 0–255
186
0xba
G · 0–255
244
0xf4
B · 0–255
149
0x95

CMYK percentages

Cyan23.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow38.9%
Key (black)4.3%

Total ink coverage is 67%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#baf495 text on a black background

contrast 16.46:1

Card sample

#baf495 text on a white background

contrast 1.28:1

Card sample

#baf495 on grey

1.16:1

#baf495 on its own surface

1.21:1

#baf495 on its dark surface

12.60:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #baf495;
Background color
Panel with #baf495 background
background-color: #baf495;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #baf495;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(186, 244, 149, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(186, 244, 149, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #baf495;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baf495, #95F4AF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #baf495, #95F4C7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #baf495;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #baf495;
caret-color: #baf495;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #baf495;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0FDE8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #baf495;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#baf495 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #baf495 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(186, 244, 149, 0.5)
rgb(186 244 149 / 50%)
#baf49580
hsl(97 81% 77% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #baf495 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#baf4951a#F8FEF4
20%#baf49533#F1FDEA
40%#baf49566#E3FBD5
60%#baf49599#D6F8BF
80%#baf495cc#C8F6AA

Gradients from #baf495

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #DEFACD, #baf495 45%, #34740C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #baf495, #79F1A5);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #baf495, #CF95F4);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F0FDE8 0%, #baf495 45%, #34740C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F7F9C3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B1F7BE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #34740C 0%, transparent 65%), #baf495;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #baf495

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#baf495 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 16.46:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#baf495, answered

What color is #baf495?

#baf495 is a light electric green, closest to Pale Green (ΔE2000 5.4). It sits at 97° on the hue wheel with 81% saturation and 77% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #baf495?

rgb(186, 244, 149) — 186 red, 244 green and 149 blue out of 255, or 72.9% / 95.7% / 58.4% by channel.

What is #baf495 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(97, 81%, 77%) and hsv(97, 39%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #baf495 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7731 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 16.46:1.

Should I use black or white text on #baf495?

Black. It scores 16.46:1 against #baf495, versus 1.28:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #baf495 accessible on a white background?

#baf495 on white scores 1.28:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3D860E to reach 4.5:1, or #2C610A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #baf495?

#CF95F4 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A095F4 and #F495EA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #baf495?

For interface work: #F7FAF4 as the surface, #D1EDC0 for borders, #6A9B4B for secondary text, #4E10BC as an accent and #34740C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EAF495 and #95F4A0 stays calm, while #CF95F4 is the loudest partner.

What is #baf495 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(24%, 0%, 39%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #baf495 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 53 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DDF495; nudged cooler, #96F594.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #baf495?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 13.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #baf495 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #baf495 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#baf495] or text-[#baf495], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #baf495 with 50% opacity?

rgba(186, 244, 149, 0.5), or #baf49580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DDFACA; over black, #5D7A4B.

Is #baf495 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF99, ΔE2000 3.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #baf495 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #baf495?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DEFACD, #baf495 45%, #34740C). For more colour, a short hue run to #79F1A5 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #baf495 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #baf495 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.