#DEE451#DEE451

#DEE451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.166 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE451
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.78, -19.96, 68.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.78, 71.06, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.0609 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.166 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.3546, 71.6119, 18.4788)
Luminance	0.7161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE451 #5751E4

analogous

#E4A051 #DEE451 #94E451

triadic

#DEE451 #51DEE4 #E451DE

tetradic

#DEE451 #51E4A0 #5751E4 #E45194

square

#DEE451 #51E4A0 #5751E4 #E45194

split-complementary

#DEE451 #5194E4 #A051E4

monochromatic

#9CA219 #CFD721 #DEE451 #E8EC86 #F2F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DEE451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#DEE451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE451

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE451	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.166 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebec89',
    500: '#dee451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee451;
$custom-light: #ebec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.449,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88779,
    "c": 0.16554,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE451

secondary

#3A35A4

accent

#10D518

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE451

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

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