#DEE253#DEE253

#DEE253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.162 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE253
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.27, -18.87, 66.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.27, 69.49, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(88.37% -0.0576 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(88.37% 0.162 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.8837, 70.5483, 18.6973)
Luminance	0.7055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE253 #5753E2

analogous

#E29E53 #DEE253 #97E253

triadic

#DEE253 #53DEE2 #E253DE

tetradic

#DEE253 #53E29E #5753E2 #E25397

square

#DEE253 #53E29E #5753E2 #E25397

split-complementary

#DEE253 #5397E2 #9E53E2

monochromatic

#9CA01B #CFD424 #DEE253 #E8EB87 #F2F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEE253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#DEE253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE253

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE253	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.162 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea8a',
    500: '#dee253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee253;
$custom-light: #ebea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.678,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88371,
    "c": 0.16202,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE253

secondary

#3A37A3

accent

#12D318

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE253

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

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