#DEE455#DEE455

#DEE455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.163 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE455
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -19.72, 66.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 69.51, 106.48°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0598 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.163 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.5090, 71.6737, 19.2922)
Luminance	0.7167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE455 #5B55E4

analogous

#E4A255 #DEE455 #97E455

triadic

#DEE455 #55DEE4 #E455DE

tetradic

#DEE455 #55E4A2 #5B55E4 #E45597

square

#DEE455 #55E4A2 #5B55E4 #E45597

split-complementary

#DEE455 #5597E4 #A255E4

monochromatic

#9FA41A #D2D923 #DEE455 #E8EC8A #F3F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DEE455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#DEE455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE455

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE455	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.163 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebec8b',
    500: '#dee455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee455;
$custom-light: #ebec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.517,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88813,
    "c": 0.16264,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE455

secondary

#3B36A7

accent

#11D519

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE455

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

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