#DEE249#DEE249

#DEE249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.169 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE249
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.20, -19.43, 70.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.20, 73.26, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0602 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.169 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.5250, 70.4049, 16.8086)
Luminance	0.7040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE249 #4D49E2

analogous

#E29949 #DEE249 #91E249

triadic

#DEE249 #49DEE2 #E249DE

tetradic

#DEE249 #49E299 #4D49E2 #E24991

square

#DEE249 #49E299 #4D49E2 #E24991

split-complementary

#DEE249 #4991E2 #9949E2

monochromatic

#959818 #C9CD21 #DEE249 #E8EA7E #F1F3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEE249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#DEE249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE249

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE249	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.169 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecea84',
    500: '#dee249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee249;
$custom-light: #ecea84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.569,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88293,
    "c": 0.1689,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE249

secondary

#36339C

accent

#39EF3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE249

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

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