#DEE259#DEE259

#DEE259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.158 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE259
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.31, -18.49, 64.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.31, 67.09, 106.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.42% -0.0559 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(88.42% 0.158 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.1254, 70.6450, 19.9705)
Luminance	0.7064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE259 #5D59E2

analogous

#E2A259 #DEE259 #9AE259

triadic

#DEE259 #59DEE2 #E259DE

tetradic

#DEE259 #59E2A2 #5D59E2 #E2599A

square

#DEE259 #59E2A2 #5D59E2 #E2599A

split-complementary

#DEE259 #599AE2 #A259E2

monochromatic

#A0A41D #D3D826 #DEE259 #E8EB8D #F3F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#DEE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE259

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE259	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.158 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea8e',
    500: '#dee259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee259;
$custom-light: #ebea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.752,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88424,
    "c": 0.1575,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE259

secondary

#3C39A6

accent

#13D219

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE259

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

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