#DEE462#DEE462

#DEE462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.152 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE462
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.92, -18.84, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.92, 64.17, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(88.94% -0.056 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(88.94% 0.152 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.0737, 71.8996, 22.2663)
Luminance	0.7190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE462 #6862E4

analogous

#E4A962 #DEE462 #9DE462

triadic

#DEE462 #62DEE4 #E462DE

tetradic

#DEE462 #62E4A9 #6862E4 #E4629D

square

#DEE462 #62E4A9 #6862E4 #E4629D

split-complementary

#DEE462 #629DE4 #A962E4

monochromatic

#A7AE1E #D3DB2E #DEE462 #E9ED96 #F4F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DEE462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#DEE462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE462

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE462	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)

#F4DB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.152 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebec93',
    500: '#dee462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee462;
$custom-light: #ebec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.769,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88935,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE462

secondary

#413BAF

accent

#13D31C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE462

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

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