#DEE237#DEE237

#DEE237 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.179 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DEE237
RGBrgb(222, 226, 55)
HSLhsl(61, 75%, 55%)
HSVhsv(61, 76%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(1.8%, 0%, 75.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(87.09, -20.25, 76.55)
CIE-LCHlch(87.09, 79.18, 104.81°)
OKLaboklab(88.18% -0.064 0.1673)
OKLCHoklch(88.18% 0.179 111)
XYZxyz(58.0122, 70.1997, 14.1077)
Luminance0.7020 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DEE237 #3B37E2
analogous
#E29137 #DEE237 #88E237
triadic
#DEE237 #37DEE2 #E237DE
tetradic
#DEE237 #37E291 #3B37E2 #E23788
square
#DEE237 #37E291 #3B37E2 #E23788
split-complementary
#DEE237 #3788E2 #9137E2
monochromatic
#888B14 #BCC01C #DEE237 #E7EA6C #F0F2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40
#DEE237 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04
#DEE237 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE237
15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DEE237#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DEE2371.001.4015.0415.04
#FFFFFF1.401.0021.0021.00
#00000015.0421.001.001.00
##00000015.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F4D803
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F5DC46
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EED4C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #dee237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.179 111.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecea7c',
    500: '#dee237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #dee237;
$custom-light: #ecea7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#dee237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.404,
    "s": 74.672,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88181,
    "c": 0.1791,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.70198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DEE237
secondary
#2F2D90
accent
#37F13B
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFDF2
border
#D6D5CC
text
#17160A
muted
#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE237

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#DEE237 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva