#DEE12E#DEE12E

#DEE12E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.182 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE12E
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 79.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.79, -20.07, 78.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.79, 81.30, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.93% -0.0642 0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(87.93% 0.182 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.5447, 69.5789, 12.9830)
Luminance	0.6958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE12E #312EE1

analogous

#E18B2E #DEE12E #84E12E

triadic

#DEE12E #2EDEE1 #E12EDE

tetradic

#DEE12E #2EE18B #312EE1 #E12E84

square

#DEE12E #2EE18B #312EE1 #E12E84

split-complementary

#DEE12E #2E84E1 #8B2EE1

monochromatic

#808213 #B5B71A #DEE12E #E6E964 #EFF099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEE12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#DEE12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE12E

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE12E	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.182 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edea78',
    500: '#dee12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee12e;
$custom-light: #edea78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.006,
    "s": 74.895,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87925,
    "c": 0.18219,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE12E

secondary

#2C2B89

accent

#36F239

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE12E

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

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