#DEE159#DEE159

#DEE159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.156 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE159
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -18.00, 64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 66.68, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0545 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.156 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.8543, 70.1028, 19.8802)
Luminance	0.7010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE159 #5C59E1

analogous

#E1A059 #DEE159 #9AE159

triadic

#DEE159 #59DEE1 #E159DE

tetradic

#DEE159 #59E1A0 #5C59E1 #E1599A

square

#DEE159 #59E1A0 #5C59E1 #E1599A

split-complementary

#DEE159 #599AE1 #A059E1

monochromatic

#9FA21D #D2D627 #DEE159 #E8EA8D #F3F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#DEE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE159

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE159	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.156 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea8d',
    500: '#dee159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee159;
$custom-light: #ebea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.324,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88213,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE159

secondary

#3C39A5

accent

#14D118

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE159

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

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