#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
RGBrgb(222, 229, 81)
HSLhsl(63, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(63, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(3.1%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(88.05, -20.44, 68.48)
CIE-LCHlch(88.05, 71.46, 106.62°)
OKLaboklab(88.99% -0.0622 0.1545)
OKLCHoklch(88.99% 0.167 111.9)
XYZxyz(59.6304, 72.1637, 18.5708)
Luminance0.7216 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##DEE5511.001.3615.4315.43
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4321.001.001.00
##00000015.4321.001.001.00

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

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#DEE551 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva