#DEE356#DEE356

#DEE356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.161 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE356
RGB	rgb(222, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.55, -19.17, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.55, 68.71, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(88.61% -0.0582 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(88.61% 0.161 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2747, 71.1411, 19.4114)
Luminance	0.7114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE356 #5B56E3

analogous

#E3A256 #DEE356 #98E356

triadic

#DEE356 #56DEE3 #E356DE

tetradic

#DEE356 #56E3A2 #5B56E3 #E35698

square

#DEE356 #56E3A2 #5B56E3 #E35698

split-complementary

#DEE356 #5698E3 #A256E3

monochromatic

#9FA41B #D2D824 #DEE356 #E8EC8B #F3F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DEE356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#DEE356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE356

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE356	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.161 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebeb8c',
    500: '#dee356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee356;
$custom-light: #ebeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.128,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88609,
    "c": 0.16084,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE356

secondary

#3B37A6

accent

#12D419

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE356

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

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