#DEE239#DEE239

#DEE239 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.178 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE239
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 57)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 74.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.10, -20.17, 75.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.10, 78.58, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.0637 0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.178 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0611, 70.2193, 14.3653)
Luminance	0.7022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE239 #3D39E2

analogous

#E29139 #DEE239 #89E239

triadic

#DEE239 #39DEE2 #E239DE

tetradic

#DEE239 #39E291 #3D39E2 #E23989

square

#DEE239 #39E291 #3D39E2 #E23989

split-complementary

#DEE239 #3989E2 #9139E2

monochromatic

#898C15 #BEC11C #DEE239 #E7EA6E #F0F2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEE239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#DEE239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE239

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE239	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)

#F4D80C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.178 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecea7c',
    500: '#dee239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee239;
$custom-light: #ecea7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.42,
    "s": 74.449,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88192,
    "c": 0.17811,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE239

secondary

#302E91

accent

#37F13B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE239

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

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