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#baf66f

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Jade

RGB
186, 246, 111
HSL
87°, 88%, 70%
CMYK
24, 0, 55, 4
Luminance
0.7750

#baf66f is a light electric green, 87° on the wheel and 47/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.50:1). As text it scores 1.27:1 on white — use #4C8208 instead. Nearest name is Green Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(87 88% 70%)rgb(186 246 111)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #baf66f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#baf66f
Hue
87°
green
Saturation
88%
electric
Lightness
70%
light
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
85%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7750
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
47/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.50:1
Closest name
Green Yellow
ΔE2000 5.8
Chroma
70.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.905
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 11.1
Web-safe
#CCFF66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue87° of 360°
Saturation88%
Lightness70%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #baf66f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool47% 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
Red13%
Green85%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#baf66f
HEX (8-digit)#baf66fff
RGBrgb(186, 246, 111)
RGBArgba(186, 246, 111, 1)
HSLhsl(87, 88%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(87, 55%, 96%)
HWBhwb(87 44% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(24%, 0%, 55%, 4%)
LABlab(90.5 -39.9 58.0)
LCHlch(90.5 70.4 124.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.905 0.176 129.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(56.07, 77.50, 27.04)
Decimal12252783
Display P3color(display-p3 0.729 0.965 0.435)
Web-safe#CCFF66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #baf66f;
background-color: #baf66f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #baf66f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#baf66f] bg-[#baf66f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #baf66f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.729, green: 0.965, blue: 0.435)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.729, green: 0.965, blue: 0.435, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BAF66F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBAF66F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBAF66F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(111, 246, 186)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(186, 246, 111)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(186, 246, 111)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 186, 246, 111)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7294f, 0.9647f, 0.4353f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{186,246,111}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #baf66f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #baf66f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#467808, #E2EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #baf66f 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: #F8FDF2;
  --brand-100: #F1FAE5;
  --brand-200: #E1F8C4;
  --brand-300: #CCF895;
  --brand-400: #baf66f;
  --brand-500: #9AF22C;
  --brand-600: #86E60E;
  --brand-700: #70C00C;
  --brand-800: #5A9A0A;
  --brand-900: #436F0C;
  --brand-950: #2A4507;
  --brand: #baf66f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D9EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #AAF44D;
  --brand-pressed: #9AF22C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1D2414;
    --brand-ink: #E2EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FDF2',
        100: '#F1FAE5',
        200: '#E1F8C4',
        300: '#CCF895',
        400: '#baf66f',
        500: '#9AF22C',
        600: '#86E60E',
        700: '#70C00C',
        800: '#5A9A0A',
        900: '#436F0C',
        950: '#2A4507',
        DEFAULT: '#baf66f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FDF2,
  '100': #F1FAE5,
  '200': #E1F8C4,
  '300': #CCF895,
  '400': #baf66f,
  '500': #9AF22C,
  '600': #86E60E,
  '700': #70C00C,
  '800': #5A9A0A,
  '900': #436F0C,
  '950': #2A4507,
);
$brand-base: #baf66f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FDF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F1FAE5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E1F8C4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CCF895", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#baf66f", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#9AF22C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#86E60E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#70C00C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5A9A0A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#436F0C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2A4507", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #baf66f · 16.50:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.27:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.50:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #baf66f as text scores 1.27:1 on white and 16.50:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #467808 at 4.18:1.

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
#4C8208 · 4.66:1
AA on white−43% L
#4C8208
The quick fox
#386006 · 7.38:1
AAA on white−50% L
#386006
The quick fox
#baf66f · 16.50:1
AA on blackalready passes
#baf66f
The quick fox
#baf66f · 16.50:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#baf66f

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #5FA30A 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
#baf66f on white: 1.27:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#baf66f on black: 16.50:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #baf66f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #baf66f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.27:1AaAa
Slate 501.22:1AaAa
Slate 1001.16:1AaAa
Slate 2001.03:1AaAa
Slate 3001.17:1AaAa
Slate 4002.01:1AaAa
Slate 5003.74:1AaAa
Slate 6005.95:1AaAa
Slate 7008.14:1AaAa
Slate 80011.49:1AaAa
Slate 90014.03:1AaAa
Black16.50:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFE762
deuteranopia · #F8E378
tritanopia · #BEECD8

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. #baf66f is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8FDF2
#F1FAE5
#E1F8C4
#CCF895
#baf66f
#9AF22C
#86E60E
#70C00C
#5A9A0A
#436F0C
#2A4507
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F8FDF2Darkest = 950 · #2A4507Text 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 0.044 129.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.071 129.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.106 129.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.138 129.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.162 129.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.176 129.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.176 129.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.166 129.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.148 129.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.123 129.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.097 129.3);
}

Colors that work with #baf66f

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#F8FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#D9EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#779B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#876CF9
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#467808
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3FDE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1D2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#AAF44D
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9AF22C
Two steps down
Disabled#EBEFE6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C4FE7C
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 #baf66f

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 #467808
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #5FA30A

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
  • Weight30/100
  • 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#AB6FF6
Analogous left#F6EF6F
Analogous right#76F66F
Split-complement 1#6F76F6
Split-complement 2#EF6FF6
Triadic 1#6FBAF6
Triadic 2#F66FBA
Tetradic#6FF6EF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°87°

#baf66f sits at 87°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red72.9%
Green96.5%
Blue43.5%
R · 0–255
186
0xba
G · 0–255
246
0xf6
B · 0–255
111
0x6f

CMYK percentages

Cyan24.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow54.9%
Key (black)3.5%

Total ink coverage is 83%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#baf66f text on a black background

contrast 16.50:1

Card sample

#baf66f text on a white background

contrast 1.27:1

Card sample

#baf66f on grey

1.16:1

#baf66f on its own surface

1.21:1

#baf66f on its dark surface

12.55:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #baf66f;
Background color
Panel with #baf66f background
background-color: #baf66f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #baf66f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(186, 246, 111, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(186, 246, 111, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #baf66f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baf66f, #6FF67E);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #baf66f, #6FF6A0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #baf66f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #baf66f;
caret-color: #baf66f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #baf66f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3FDE7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #baf66f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#baf66f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #baf66f 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, 246, 111, 0.5)
rgb(186 246 111 / 50%)
#baf66f80
hsl(87 88% 70% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #baf66f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#baf66f1a#F8FEF1
20%#baf66f33#F1FDE2
40%#baf66f66#E3FBC5
60%#baf66f99#D6FAA9
80%#baf66fcc#C8F88C

Gradients from #baf66f

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, #D6FAA9, #baf66f 45%, #467808);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #baf66f, #52F472);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #baf66f, #AB6FF6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E3FBC5 0%, #baf66f 45%, #467808 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F9ED9F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #8CF88F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #467808 0%, transparent 65%), #baf66f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #baf66f

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.

#baf66f 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 16.50:1.

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.

#baf66f, answered

What color is #baf66f?

#baf66f is a light electric green, closest to Green Yellow (ΔE2000 5.8). It sits at 87° on the hue wheel with 88% saturation and 70% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #baf66f?

rgb(186, 246, 111) — 186 red, 246 green and 111 blue out of 255, or 72.9% / 96.5% / 43.5% by channel.

What is #baf66f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(87, 88%, 70%) and hsv(87, 55%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #baf66f a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7750 and perceived brightness is 85%, so black text on it reaches 16.50:1.

Should I use black or white text on #baf66f?

Black. It scores 16.50:1 against #baf66f, versus 1.27:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #baf66f accessible on a white background?

#baf66f on white scores 1.27:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #4C8208 to reach 4.5:1, or #386006 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #baf66f?

#AB6FF6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #6F76F6 and #EF6FF6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #baf66f?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #D9EDC0 for borders, #779B4B for secondary text, #876CF9 as an accent and #467808 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F6EF6F and #76F66F stays calm, while #AB6FF6 is the loudest partner.

What is #baf66f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(24%, 0%, 55%, 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 #baf66f warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 47 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EBF66F; nudged cooler, #87F86D.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #baf66f?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 11.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #baf66f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #baf66f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#baf66f] or text-[#baf66f], 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 #baf66f with 50% opacity?

rgba(186, 246, 111, 0.5), or #baf66f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DDFBB7; over black, #5D7B38.

Is #baf66f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF66, ΔE2000 3.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #baf66f 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 #baf66f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D6FAA9, #baf66f 45%, #467808). For more colour, a short hue run to #52F472 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #baf66f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #baf66f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.