#DEE449#DEE449

#DEE449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.171 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE449
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.73, -20.40, 71.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.73, 74.03, 106.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.72% -0.0629 0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(88.72% 0.171 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.0721, 71.4989, 16.9909)
Luminance	0.7150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE449 #4F49E4

analogous

#E49D49 #DEE449 #90E449

triadic

#DEE449 #49DEE4 #E449DE

tetradic

#DEE449 #49E49D #4F49E4 #E44990

square

#DEE449 #49E49D #4F49E4 #E44990

split-complementary

#DEE449 #4990E4 #9D49E4

monochromatic

#969C17 #CAD11F #DEE449 #E8EC7E #F1F4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DEE449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#DEE449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE449

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE449	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.171 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecec85',
    500: '#dee449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee449;
$custom-light: #ecec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.323,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88718,
    "c": 0.17093,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE449

secondary

#37329F

accent

#37F13E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE449

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

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