Palettes / Colors / #BED141

#BED141 — Yellow

#BED141 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color YellowGreen (#9ACD32). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellowgreen (#9ACD32) — not an exact match. CSS yellowgreen gives you #9ACD32, a different color; use #BED141 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BED141 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #5542D1; it also sits naturally between #D19D42 and #77D142. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 82% · Blue 25%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 69% · Key 18%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BED141

.text { color: #BED141; }
.background { background-color: #BED141; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BED141; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 209, 65); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 61%, 54%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BED141; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 209, 65, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BED141; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 209, 65, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BED141">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BED141">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BED141

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #5542D1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BED141: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BED141

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BED141 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BED141 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BED140  ·  #BED142 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BED141?

#BED141 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 190, 209, 65). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BED141?

#BED141 is RGB 190, 209, 65 — HSL 68°, 61%, 54% — CMYK 9%, 0%, 69%, 18%.

What colors go with #BED141?

Its complement is #5542D1; analogous partners are #D19D42 and #77D142. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BED141 for text?

Black text on #BED141 has a contrast ratio of 12.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.70:1.