#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
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 75.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.09, -20.25, 76.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.09, 79.18, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.18% -0.064 0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(88.18% 0.179 111)
XYZ	xyz(58.0122, 70.1997, 14.1077)
Luminance	0.7020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##DEE237	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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