#DEE156#DEE156

#DEE156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.159 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE156
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.02, -18.19, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.02, 67.90, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.0554 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.159 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.7309, 70.0534, 19.2302)
Luminance	0.7005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE156 #5956E1

analogous

#E19E56 #DEE156 #98E156

triadic

#DEE156 #56DEE1 #E156DE

tetradic

#DEE156 #56E19E #5956E1 #E15698

square

#DEE156 #56E19E #5956E1 #E15698

split-complementary

#DEE156 #5698E1 #9E56E1

monochromatic

#9DA01C #D0D426 #DEE156 #E8EA8A #F2F3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEE156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#DEE156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE156

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE156	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.159 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea8c',
    500: '#dee156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee156;
$custom-light: #ebea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88185,
    "c": 0.15875,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE156

secondary

#3A38A3

accent

#14D218

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE156

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

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