#DEE162#DEE162

#DEE162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.149 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE162
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.13, -17.37, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.13, 62.90, 106.03°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0518 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.149 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.2556, 70.2633, 21.9936)
Luminance	0.7026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE162 #6562E1

analogous

#E1A462 #DEE162 #9EE162

triadic

#DEE162 #62DEE1 #E162DE

tetradic

#DEE162 #62E1A4 #6562E1 #E1629E

square

#DEE162 #62E1A4 #6562E1 #E1629E

split-complementary

#DEE162 #629EE1 #A462E1

monochromatic

#A5A820 #D3D72F #DEE162 #E9EB95 #F4F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#DEE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE162

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE162	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)

#F1D854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.149 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea93',
    500: '#dee162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee162;
$custom-light: #ebea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.417,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88301,
    "c": 0.14909,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE162

secondary

#3F3DAB

accent

#16D01A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE162

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

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