#DEE037#DEE037

#DEE037 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.177 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE037
RGB	rgb(222, 224, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 75.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -19.27, 76.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 78.47, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(87.76% -0.0613 0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(87.76% 0.177 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.4715, 69.1184, 13.9275)
Luminance	0.6912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE037 #3937E0

analogous

#E08E37 #DEE037 #8AE037

triadic

#DEE037 #37DEE0 #E037DE

tetradic

#DEE037 #37E08E #3937E0 #E0378A

square

#DEE037 #37E08E #3937E0 #E0378A

split-complementary

#DEE037 #378AE0 #8E37E0

monochromatic

#868815 #BBBD1D #DEE037 #E7E86C #EFF0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEE037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#DEE037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE037

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE037	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 224, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.177 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece97b',
    500: '#dee037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee037;
$custom-light: #ece97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.71,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87755,
    "c": 0.17719,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE037

secondary

#2F2E8E

accent

#38F03A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE037

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

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