Information about #BAE166 color

#BAE166 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BAE166 falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(186, 225, 102) — 72.9% red, 88.2% green, 40% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 15 / 0 / 48 / 12. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #BAE166 reads as a strongly colored yellow-green and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Inchworm (#B2EC5D). Slightly further away sit June Bud (#BDDA57) and Slime Green (#BCE954).

Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(186, 225, 102)), which gives #BAE166 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 14.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BAE166 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BAE166 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BAE166 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BAE166

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BAE166
  • RGB186, 225, 102
  • CMYK15, 0, 48, 12
  • CSSrgb(186, 225, 102)
  • HSL79°, 67%, 64%
  • HSL Precise79.024°, 67.213%, 64.118%
  • HSV79°, 55%, 88%
  • HSB79°, 55%, 88%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.882
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.400
  • GLSLvec3(0.729, 0.882, 0.400)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.729, 0.882, 0.400, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.729, 0.882, 0.400)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB88.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB40%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBAE166
  • DECIMAL ID12247398
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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