#DEE479#DEE479

#DEE479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.131 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE479
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(63, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -16.92, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 53.89, 108.31°)
OKLab	oklab(89.2% -0.0483 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(89.2% 0.131 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.3199, 72.3980, 28.8294)
Luminance	0.7240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE479 #7F79E4

analogous

#E4B479 #DEE479 #A8E479

triadic

#DEE479 #79DEE4 #E479DE

tetradic

#DEE479 #79E4B4 #7F79E4 #E479A8

square

#DEE479 #79E4B4 #7F79E4 #E479A8

split-complementary

#DEE479 #79A8E4 #B479E4

monochromatic

#B4BD26 #D1DA46 #DEE479 #EBEEAC #F7F9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#DEE479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE479

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE479	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.131 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaeca2',
    500: '#dee479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee479;
$custom-light: #eaeca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.364,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89203,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE479

secondary

#4C46BB

accent

#17CE21

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE479

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

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