#DEE172#DEE172

#DEE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.135 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE172
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.29, -16.08, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.29, 55.77, 106.76°)
OKLab	oklab(88.48% -0.0465 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(88.48% 0.135 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.0879, 70.5962, 26.3774)
Luminance	0.7059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE172 #7572E1

analogous

#E1AD72 #DEE172 #A7E172

triadic

#DEE172 #72DEE1 #E172DE

tetradic

#DEE172 #72E1AD #7572E1 #E172A7

square

#DEE172 #72E1AD #7572E1 #E172A7

split-complementary

#DEE172 #72A7E1 #AD72E1

monochromatic

#AFB326 #D2D640 #DEE172 #EAECA4 #F6F6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#DEE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE172

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE172	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.135 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea9d',
    500: '#dee172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee172;
$custom-light: #eaea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88483,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE172

secondary

#4643B4

accent

#19CD1E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE172

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

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