#BED159#BED159

#BED159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.146 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BED159
RGB	rgb(190, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -23.11, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 60.71, 112.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0671 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.146 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8396, 57.2698, 18.0886)
Luminance	0.5727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BED159 #6C59D1

analogous

#D1A859 #BED159 #82D159

triadic

#BED159 #59BED1 #D159BE

tetradic

#BED159 #59D1A8 #6C59D1 #D15982

square

#BED159 #59D1A8 #6C59D1 #D15982

split-complementary

#BED159 #5982D1 #A859D1

monochromatic

#7A8926 #A4B933 #BED159 #D1DE89 #E4ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BED159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#BED159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BED159

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BED159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BED159	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bed159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.146 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4df8c',
    500: '#bed159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bed159;
$custom-light: #d4df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bed159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82246,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BED159

secondary

#4B3E90

accent

#48E060

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BED159

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

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