#DEE161#DEE161

#DEE161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.150 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE161
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.12, -17.44, 60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.12, 63.33, 105.99°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0521 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.15 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.2087, 70.2445, 21.7465)
Luminance	0.7024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE161 #6461E1

analogous

#E1A461 #DEE161 #9EE161

triadic

#DEE161 #61DEE1 #E161DE

tetradic

#DEE161 #61E1A4 #6461E1 #E1619E

square

#DEE161 #61E1A4 #6461E1 #E1619E

split-complementary

#DEE161 #619EE1 #A461E1

monochromatic

#A5A820 #D3D72E #DEE161 #E9EB94 #F3F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEE161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#DEE161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE161

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE161	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)

#F1D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.150 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea92',
    500: '#dee161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee161;
$custom-light: #ebea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.406,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8829,
    "c": 0.14993,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE161

secondary

#3F3CAA

accent

#15D01A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE161

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

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