#DEE461#DEE461

#DEE461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.153 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE461
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.91, -18.91, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.91, 64.59, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0563 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.153 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.0268, 71.8808, 22.0192)
Luminance	0.7188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE461 #6761E4

analogous

#E4A861 #DEE461 #9CE461

triadic

#DEE461 #61DEE4 #E461DE

tetradic

#DEE461 #61E4A8 #6761E4 #E4619C

square

#DEE461 #61E4A8 #6761E4 #E4619C

split-complementary

#DEE461 #619CE4 #A861E4

monochromatic

#A6AD1E #D3DB2D #DEE461 #E9ED95 #F4F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DEE461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#DEE461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE461

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE461	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.153 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebec93',
    500: '#dee461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee461;
$custom-light: #ebec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.748,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88925,
    "c": 0.15319,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE461

secondary

#403BAE

accent

#13D31B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE461

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

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