#DEE23A#DEE23A

#DEE23A 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 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE23A
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 58)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 74.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.11, -20.13, 75.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.11, 78.28, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0635 0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.178 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0863, 70.2294, 14.4980)
Luminance	0.7023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE23A #3E3AE2

analogous

#E2923A #DEE23A #8AE23A

triadic

#DEE23A #3ADEE2 #E23ADE

tetradic

#DEE23A #3AE292 #3E3AE2 #E23A8A

square

#DEE23A #3AE292 #3E3AE2 #E23A8A

split-complementary

#DEE23A #3A8AE2 #923AE2

monochromatic

#8A8D15 #BEC21D #DEE23A #E7EA6F #F0F2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEE23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#DEE23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE23A

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE23A	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D810

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.178 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecea7d',
    500: '#dee23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee23a;
$custom-light: #ecea7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 74.336,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88197,
    "c": 0.1776,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE23A

secondary

#302E92

accent

#37F13B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE23A

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

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