#DEE15B#DEE15B

#DEE15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.155 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE15B
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 91)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 59.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -17.87, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 65.86, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.054 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.155 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.9394, 70.1368, 20.3285)
Luminance	0.7014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE15B #5E5BE1

analogous

#E1A15B #DEE15B #9BE15B

triadic

#DEE15B #5BDEE1 #E15BDE

tetradic

#DEE15B #5BE1A1 #5E5BE1 #E15B9B

square

#DEE15B #5BE1A1 #5E5BE1 #E15B9B

split-complementary

#DEE15B #5B9BE1 #A15BE1

monochromatic

#A1A41E #D3D727 #DEE15B #E8EA8F #F3F4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEE15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#DEE15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE15B

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE15B	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.155 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea8f',
    500: '#dee15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee15b;
$custom-light: #ebea8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88231,
    "c": 0.15486,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE15B

secondary

#3C3AA6

accent

#14D119

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE15B

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

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