#DEE459#DEE459

#DEE459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.160 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE459
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -19.46, 65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 67.91, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(88.85% -0.0587 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(88.85% 0.16 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.6724, 71.7390, 20.1529)
Luminance	0.7174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE459 #5F59E4

analogous

#E4A559 #DEE459 #99E459

triadic

#DEE459 #59DEE4 #E459DE

tetradic

#DEE459 #59E4A5 #5F59E4 #E45999

square

#DEE459 #59E4A5 #5F59E4 #E45999

split-complementary

#DEE459 #5999E4 #A559E4

monochromatic

#A1A71B #D4DB24 #DEE459 #E8ED8E #F3F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DEE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#DEE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE459

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE459	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.160 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebec8e',
    500: '#dee459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee459;
$custom-light: #ebec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.59,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88848,
    "c": 0.15961,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE459

secondary

#3D38A9

accent

#11D41A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE459

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →