#DEE160#DEE160

#DEE160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.151 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE160
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 57.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.11, -17.52, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.11, 63.76, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(88.28% -0.0525 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(88.28% 0.151 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.1623, 70.2260, 21.5025)
Luminance	0.7023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE160 #6360E1

analogous

#E1A360 #DEE160 #9EE160

triadic

#DEE160 #60DEE1 #E160DE

tetradic

#DEE160 #60E1A3 #6360E1 #E1609E

square

#DEE160 #60E1A3 #6360E1 #E1609E

split-complementary

#DEE160 #609EE1 #A360E1

monochromatic

#A4A720 #D3D72D #DEE160 #E9EB93 #F3F4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEE160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#DEE160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE160

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE160	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.151 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea92',
    500: '#dee160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee160;
$custom-light: #ebea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8828,
    "c": 0.15078,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE160

secondary

#3E3CA9

accent

#15D01A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE160

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

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