#DEE169#DEE169

#DEE169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.143 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE169
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 53.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.19, -16.83, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.19, 59.84, 106.34°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0496 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.143 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6007, 70.4013, 23.8110)
Luminance	0.7040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE169 #6C69E1

analogous

#E1A869 #DEE169 #A2E169

triadic

#DEE169 #69DEE1 #E169DE

tetradic

#DEE169 #69E1A8 #6C69E1 #E169A2

square

#DEE169 #69E1A8 #6C69E1 #E169A2

split-complementary

#DEE169 #69A2E1 #A869E1

monochromatic

#AAAD23 #D3D736 #DEE169 #E9EB9C #F4F5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEE169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#DEE169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE169

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE169	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D85D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.143 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea97',
    500: '#dee169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee169;
$custom-light: #ebea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88376,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE169

secondary

#4240AF

accent

#17CF1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE169

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

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