#DEE457#DEE457

#DEE457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.161 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE457
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.83, -19.59, 65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.83, 68.71, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.83% -0.0592 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(88.83% 0.161 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.5896, 71.7059, 19.7166)
Luminance	0.7170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE457 #5D57E4

analogous

#E4A457 #DEE457 #98E457

triadic

#DEE457 #57DEE4 #E457DE

tetradic

#DEE457 #57E4A4 #5D57E4 #E45798

square

#DEE457 #57E4A4 #5D57E4 #E45798

split-complementary

#DEE457 #5798E4 #A457E4

monochromatic

#A0A61B #D3DB23 #DEE457 #E8EC8C #F3F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DEE457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#DEE457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE457

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE457	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)

#F4DA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.161 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebec8d',
    500: '#dee457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee457;
$custom-light: #ebec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.553,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8883,
    "c": 0.16114,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE457

secondary

#3C37A8

accent

#11D419

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE457

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

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