#DEE15E#DEE15E

#DEE15E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.152 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE15E
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 94)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 58.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.09, -17.66, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.09, 64.60, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.0531 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.152 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.0714, 70.1896, 21.0237)
Luminance	0.7019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE15E #615EE1

analogous

#E1A25E #DEE15E #9DE15E

triadic

#DEE15E #5EDEE1 #E15EDE

tetradic

#DEE15E #5EE1A2 #615EE1 #E15E9D

square

#DEE15E #5EE1A2 #615EE1 #E15E9D

split-complementary

#DEE15E #5E9DE1 #A25EE1

monochromatic

#A3A61F #D3D72A #DEE15E #E9EB92 #F3F4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEE15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#DEE15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE15E

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE15E	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.152 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea90',
    500: '#dee15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee15e;
$custom-light: #ebea90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8826,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE15E

secondary

#3E3BA8

accent

#15D119

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE15E

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

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