#DEE45A#DEE45A

#DEE45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.159 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE45A
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 90)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.85, -19.40, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.85, 67.50, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(88.86% -0.0584 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(88.86% 0.159 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.7147, 71.7559, 20.3755)
Luminance	0.7176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE45A #605AE4

analogous

#E4A55A #DEE45A #99E45A

triadic

#DEE45A #5ADEE4 #E45ADE

tetradic

#DEE45A #5AE4A5 #605AE4 #E45A99

square

#DEE45A #5AE4A5 #605AE4 #E45A99

split-complementary

#DEE45A #5A99E4 #A55AE4

monochromatic

#A2A81C #D3DB25 #DEE45A #E9ED8F #F3F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DEE45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#DEE45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE45A

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE45A	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)

#F4DA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.159 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebec8e',
    500: '#dee45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee45a;
$custom-light: #ebec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88857,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE45A

secondary

#3D38AA

accent

#12D41A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE45A

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

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