#DEE166#DEE166

#DEE166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.146 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE166
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 102)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 54.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.16, -17.07, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.16, 61.16, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(88.34% -0.0506 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(88.34% 0.146 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.4492, 70.3407, 23.0133)
Luminance	0.7034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE166 #6966E1

analogous

#E1A766 #DEE166 #A1E166

triadic

#DEE166 #66DEE1 #E166DE

tetradic

#DEE166 #66E1A7 #6966E1 #E166A1

square

#DEE166 #66E1A7 #6966E1 #E166A1

split-complementary

#DEE166 #66A1E1 #A766E1

monochromatic

#A8AB22 #D3D733 #DEE166 #E9EB99 #F4F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEE166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#DEE166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE166

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE166	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.146 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea95',
    500: '#dee166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee166;
$custom-light: #ebea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.463,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88343,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE166

secondary

#413EAD

accent

#16CF1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE166

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

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