#DEE22B#DEE22B

#DEE22B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.184 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE22B
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 43)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 81%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -20.65, 79.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 82.39, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.066 0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.184 111)
XYZ	xyz(57.7588, 70.0984, 12.7728)
Luminance	0.7010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE22B #2F2BE2

analogous

#E28A2B #DEE22B #83E22B

triadic

#DEE22B #2BDEE2 #E22BDE

tetradic

#DEE22B #2BE28A #2F2BE2 #E22B83

square

#DEE22B #2BE28A #2F2BE2 #E22B83

split-complementary

#DEE22B #2B83E2 #8A2BE2

monochromatic

#7F8112 #B3B719 #DEE22B #E6E961 #EFF197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEE22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#DEE22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE22B

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE22B	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.184 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edea77',
    500: '#dee22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee22b;
$custom-light: #edea77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.311,
    "s": 75.934,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88125,
    "c": 0.18432,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.70097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE22B

secondary

#2C2A88

accent

#35F339

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE22B

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

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