#DEE042#DEE042

#DEE042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.171 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE042
RGB	rgb(222, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.62, -18.81, 72.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.62, 74.96, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.82% -0.0591 0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(87.82% 0.171 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.7652, 69.2359, 15.4742)
Luminance	0.6923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE042 #4442E0

analogous

#E09342 #DEE042 #8FE042

triadic

#DEE042 #42DEE0 #E042DE

tetradic

#DEE042 #42E093 #4442E0 #E0428F

square

#DEE042 #42E093 #4442E0 #E0428F

split-complementary

#DEE042 #428FE0 #9342E0

monochromatic

#8E9018 #C2C520 #DEE042 #E7E977 #F0F1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEE042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#DEE042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE042

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE042	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.171 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece981',
    500: '#dee042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee042;
$custom-light: #ece981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.759,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8782,
    "c": 0.17124,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE042

secondary

#333195

accent

#39EF3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE042

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

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