#DEE551#DEE551

#DEE551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.167 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE551
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.05, -20.44, 68.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.05, 71.46, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(88.99% -0.0622 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(88.99% 0.167 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.6304, 72.1637, 18.5708)
Luminance	0.7216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE551 #5851E5

analogous

#E5A251 #DEE551 #94E551

triadic

#DEE551 #51DEE5 #E551DE

tetradic

#DEE551 #51E5A2 #5851E5 #E55194

square

#DEE551 #51E5A2 #5851E5 #E55194

split-complementary

#DEE551 #5194E5 #A251E5

monochromatic

#9DA318 #D0D820 #DEE551 #E8ED86 #F2F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#DEE551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE551

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE551	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.167 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eced89',
    500: '#dee551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee551;
$custom-light: #eced89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.838,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88992,
    "c": 0.16658,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE551

secondary

#3A35A6

accent

#0FD619

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE551

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

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