#DEE17E#DEE17E

#DEE17E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.122 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE17E
RGB	rgb(222, 225, 126)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 44%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 44%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -14.97, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 50.16, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(88.64% -0.0422 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(88.64% 0.122 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.8163, 70.8876, 30.2136)
Luminance	0.7089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE17E #817EE1

analogous

#E1B37E #DEE17E #ADE17E

triadic

#DEE17E #7EDEE1 #E17EDE

tetradic

#DEE17E #7EE1B3 #817EE1 #E17EAD

square

#DEE17E #7EE1B3 #817EE1 #E17EAD

split-complementary

#DEE17E #7EADE1 #B37EE1

monochromatic

#B5B92B #D1D54C #DEE17E #EBEDB0 #F7F8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DEE17E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#DEE17E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE17E

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE17E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE17E	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DD83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee17e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 225, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.122 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaeaa5',
    500: '#dee17e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee17e;
$custom-light: #eaeaa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee17e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88642,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE17E

secondary

#4E4BB8

accent

#1BCA21

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE17E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →