#DEE17C#DEE17C

#DEE17C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.125 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE17C
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 124)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 45%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 44.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.41, -15.16, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.41, 51.11, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.61% -0.043 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(88.61% 0.125 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.6886, 70.8365, 29.5407)
Luminance	0.7084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE17C #7F7CE1

analogous

#E1B17C #DEE17C #ABE17C

triadic

#DEE17C #7CDEE1 #E17CDE

tetradic

#DEE17C #7CE1B1 #7F7CE1 #E17CAB

square

#DEE17C #7CE1B1 #7F7CE1 #E17CAB

split-complementary

#DEE17C #7CABE1 #B17CE1

monochromatic

#B4B82A #D1D64A #DEE17C #EBECAE #F7F8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DEE17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#DEE17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE17C

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE17C	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DD81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.125 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaeaa4',
    500: '#dee17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee17c;
$custom-light: #eaeaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.782,
    "s": 62.733,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88614,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE17C

secondary

#4C49B8

accent

#1BCA20

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE17C

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

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