#DEE23C#DEE23C

#DEE23C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.177 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE23C
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 60)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 73.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.12, -20.05, 75.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.12, 77.66, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0631 0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.177 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.1382, 70.2501, 14.7712)
Luminance	0.7025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE23C #403CE2

analogous

#E2933C #DEE23C #8BE23C

triadic

#DEE23C #3CDEE2 #E23CDE

tetradic

#DEE23C #3CE293 #403CE2 #E23C8B

square

#DEE23C #3CE293 #403CE2 #E23C8B

split-complementary

#DEE23C #3C8BE2 #933CE2

monochromatic

#8B8E15 #C0C41D #DEE23C #E7EA71 #F0F2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEE23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#DEE23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE23C

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE23C	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)

#F4D816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.177 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecea7e',
    500: '#dee23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee23c;
$custom-light: #ecea7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.446,
    "s": 74.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88208,
    "c": 0.17655,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE23C

secondary

#312F93

accent

#37F13C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE23C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →