#DEE45C#DEE45C

#DEE45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.157 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE45C
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 92)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -19.26, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 66.68, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.0578 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.157 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.8010, 71.7905, 20.8299)
Luminance	0.7179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE45C #625CE4

analogous

#E4A65C #DEE45C #9AE45C

triadic

#DEE45C #5CDEE4 #E45CDE

tetradic

#DEE45C #5CE4A6 #625CE4 #E45C9A

square

#DEE45C #5CE4A6 #625CE4 #E45C9A

split-complementary

#DEE45C #5C9AE4 #A65CE4

monochromatic

#A3AA1C #D3DB27 #DEE45C #E9ED91 #F3F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DEE45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#DEE45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE45C

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE45C	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.157 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebec8f',
    500: '#dee45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee45c;
$custom-light: #ebec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.647,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88876,
    "c": 0.15726,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE45C

secondary

#3E39AB

accent

#12D41A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE45C

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

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