#DEE255#DEE255

#DEE255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.161 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE255
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.28, -18.74, 66.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.28, 68.70, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.39% -0.0571 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(88.39% 0.161 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.9620, 70.5796, 19.1098)
Luminance	0.7058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE255 #5955E2

analogous

#E29F55 #DEE255 #97E255

triadic

#DEE255 #55DEE2 #E255DE

tetradic

#DEE255 #55E29F #5955E2 #E25597

square

#DEE255 #55E29F #5955E2 #E25597

split-complementary

#DEE255 #5597E2 #9F55E2

monochromatic

#9DA11B #D0D524 #DEE255 #E8EB89 #F2F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEE255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#DEE255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE255

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE255	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.161 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea8b',
    500: '#dee255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee255;
$custom-light: #ebea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.702,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88388,
    "c": 0.16055,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE255

secondary

#3A37A4

accent

#13D318

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE255

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

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