#DEE251#DEE251

#DEE251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.163 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE251
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.25, -18.99, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.25, 70.27, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.0581 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.163 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.8075, 70.5179, 18.2965)
Luminance	0.7052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE251 #5551E2

analogous

#E29D51 #DEE251 #96E251

triadic

#DEE251 #51DEE2 #E251DE

tetradic

#DEE251 #51E29D #5551E2 #E25196

square

#DEE251 #51E29D #5551E2 #E25196

split-complementary

#DEE251 #5196E2 #9D51E2

monochromatic

#9B9E1A #CED323 #DEE251 #E8EB85 #F2F3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#DEE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE251

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE251	1.00	1.39	15.10	15.10
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.163 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea89',
    500: '#dee251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee251;
$custom-light: #ebea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.655,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88355,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE251

secondary

#3936A1

accent

#12D317

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE251

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

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