#DEE165#DEE165

#DEE165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.147 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE165
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 55.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.15, -17.15, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.15, 61.60, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(88.33% -0.0509 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(88.33% 0.147 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.3999, 70.3210, 22.7537)
Luminance	0.7032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE165 #6865E1

analogous

#E1A665 #DEE165 #A0E165

triadic

#DEE165 #65DEE1 #E165DE

tetradic

#DEE165 #65E1A6 #6865E1 #E165A0

square

#DEE165 #65E1A6 #6865E1 #E165A0

split-complementary

#DEE165 #65A0E1 #A665E1

monochromatic

#A7AA21 #D3D732 #DEE165 #E9EB98 #F4F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEE165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#DEE165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE165

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE165	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.147 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea95',
    500: '#dee165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee165;
$custom-light: #ebea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.452,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88332,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE165

secondary

#413EAC

accent

#16CF1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE165

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

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