#DEE257#DEE257

#DEE257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.159 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE257
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.30, -18.62, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.30, 67.90, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(88.41% -0.0565 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(88.41% 0.159 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.0426, 70.6119, 19.5342)
Luminance	0.7061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE257 #5B57E2

analogous

#E2A157 #DEE257 #99E257

triadic

#DEE257 #57DEE2 #E257DE

tetradic

#DEE257 #57E2A1 #5B57E2 #E25799

square

#DEE257 #57E2A1 #5B57E2 #E25799

split-complementary

#DEE257 #5799E2 #A157E2

monochromatic

#9FA31C #D2D725 #DEE257 #E8EB8B #F3F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#DEE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE257

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE257	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)

#F3D946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.159 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea8c',
    500: '#dee257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee257;
$custom-light: #ebea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.727,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88406,
    "c": 0.15904,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE257

secondary

#3B38A5

accent

#13D318

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE257

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

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