#DEE278#DEE278

#DEE278 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.130 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE278
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 120)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 46.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.62, -16.03, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.62, 53.44, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.77% -0.0458 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(88.77% 0.13 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.7119, 71.2796, 28.3258)
Luminance	0.7128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE278 #7C78E2

analogous

#E2B178 #DEE278 #A9E278

triadic

#DEE278 #78DEE2 #E278DE

tetradic

#DEE278 #78E2B1 #7C78E2 #E278A9

square

#DEE278 #78E2B1 #7C78E2 #E278A9

split-complementary

#DEE278 #78A9E2 #B178E2

monochromatic

#B3B828 #D2D746 #DEE278 #EAEDAA #F7F8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DEE278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#DEE278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE278

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE278	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.130 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaeba1',
    500: '#dee278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee278;
$custom-light: #eaeba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.264,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8877,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE278

secondary

#4A46B9

accent

#19CC20

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE278

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

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