#DEE16B#DEE16B

#DEE16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.141 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE16B
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 107)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 52.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.21, -16.67, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.21, 58.95, 106.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.4% -0.0489 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(88.4% 0.141 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.7047, 70.4429, 24.3588)
Luminance	0.7044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE16B #6E6BE1

analogous

#E1A96B #DEE16B #A3E16B

triadic

#DEE16B #6BDEE1 #E16BDE

tetradic

#DEE16B #6BE1A9 #6E6BE1 #E16BA3

square

#DEE16B #6BE1A9 #6E6BE1 #E16BA3

split-complementary

#DEE16B #6BA3E1 #A96BE1

monochromatic

#ABAE23 #D3D738 #DEE16B #E9EB9E #F5F6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEE16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#DEE16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE16B

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE16B	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.141 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea99',
    500: '#dee16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee16b;
$custom-light: #eaea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.525,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88399,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE16B

secondary

#4340B0

accent

#17CE1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE16B

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

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