#BEDE59#BEDE59

#BEDE59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.162 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEDE59
RGB	rgb(190, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(74, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.92, -29.33, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.92, 66.90, 116.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0845 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.162 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1602, 63.9110, 19.1955)
Luminance	0.6391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEDE59 #7959DE

analogous

#DEBB59 #BEDE59 #7BDE59

triadic

#BEDE59 #59BEDE #DE59BE

tetradic

#BEDE59 #59DEBB #7959DE #DE597B

square

#BEDE59 #59DEBB #7959DE #DE597B

split-complementary

#BEDE59 #597BDE #BB59DE

monochromatic

#7F9D1F #A8D029 #BEDE59 #D2E88C #E6F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BEDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#BEDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEDE59

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEDE59	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7D3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bede59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.162 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e88d',
    500: '#bede59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bede59;
$custom-light: #d4e88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bede59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.436,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85129,
    "c": 0.16235,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEDE59

secondary

#533AA1

accent

#17CF43

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEDE59

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

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