#DEE240#DEE240

#DEE240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.174 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE240
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.14, -19.87, 73.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.14, 76.37, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0622 0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.174 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.2480, 70.2940, 15.3493)
Luminance	0.7029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE240 #4440E2

analogous

#E29540 #DEE240 #8DE240

triadic

#DEE240 #40DEE2 #E240DE

tetradic

#DEE240 #40E295 #4440E2 #E2408D

square

#DEE240 #40E295 #4440E2 #E2408D

split-complementary

#DEE240 #408DE2 #9540E2

monochromatic

#8E9216 #C2C71E #DEE240 #E7EA75 #F0F2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEE240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#DEE240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE240

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE240	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.174 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecea80',
    500: '#dee240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee240;
$custom-light: #ecea80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.481,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88232,
    "c": 0.17436,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE240

secondary

#333096

accent

#38F03C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE240

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

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