#DEE357#DEE357

#DEE357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.160 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE357
RGB	rgb(222, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.56, -19.11, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.56, 68.31, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(88.62% -0.0579 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(88.62% 0.16 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.3153, 71.1573, 19.6251)
Luminance	0.7116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE357 #5C57E3

analogous

#E3A257 #DEE357 #98E357

triadic

#DEE357 #57DEE3 #E357DE

tetradic

#DEE357 #57E3A2 #5C57E3 #E35798

square

#DEE357 #57E3A2 #5C57E3 #E35798

split-complementary

#DEE357 #5798E3 #A257E3

monochromatic

#9FA41B #D2D924 #DEE357 #E8EC8B #F3F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DEE357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#DEE357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE357

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE357	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)

#F3D946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.160 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebeb8c',
    500: '#dee357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee357;
$custom-light: #ebeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88618,
    "c": 0.16008,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE357

secondary

#3C38A7

accent

#12D319

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE357

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

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