#DEE261#DEE261

#DEE261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.151 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE261
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.38, -17.93, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.38, 63.75, 106.34°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.0535 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.151 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4798, 70.7868, 21.8369)
Luminance	0.7078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE261 #6561E2

analogous

#E2A561 #DEE261 #9EE261

triadic

#DEE261 #61DEE2 #E261DE

tetradic

#DEE261 #61E2A5 #6561E2 #E2619E

square

#DEE261 #61E2A5 #6561E2 #E2619E

split-complementary

#DEE261 #619EE2 #A561E2

monochromatic

#A5A91F #D3D92D #DEE261 #E9EB95 #F4F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#DEE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE261

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE261	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.151 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea92',
    500: '#dee261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee261;
$custom-light: #ebea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.86,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88501,
    "c": 0.15101,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE261

secondary

#3F3CAB

accent

#15D11A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE261

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

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