#DEE456#DEE456

#DEE456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.162 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE456
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.82, -19.66, 66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.82, 69.11, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(88.82% -0.0595 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(88.82% 0.162 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.5490, 71.6897, 19.5029)
Luminance	0.7169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE456 #5C56E4

analogous

#E4A356 #DEE456 #97E456

triadic

#DEE456 #56DEE4 #E456DE

tetradic

#DEE456 #56E4A3 #5C56E4 #E45697

square

#DEE456 #56E4A3 #5C56E4 #E45697

split-complementary

#DEE456 #5697E4 #A356E4

monochromatic

#9FA51A #D2DA23 #DEE456 #E8EC8B #F3F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DEE456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#DEE456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE456

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE456	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.162 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebec8c',
    500: '#dee456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee456;
$custom-light: #ebec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.535,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88821,
    "c": 0.16189,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE456

secondary

#3C37A7

accent

#11D519

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE456

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

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