#DEE555#DEE555

#DEE555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.164 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE555
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -20.20, 66.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 69.92, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0612 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.164 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.7849, 72.2254, 19.3841)
Luminance	0.7222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE555 #5C55E5

analogous

#E5A455 #DEE555 #96E555

triadic

#DEE555 #55DEE5 #E555DE

tetradic

#DEE555 #55E5A4 #5C55E5 #E55596

square

#DEE555 #55E5A4 #5C55E5 #E55596

split-complementary

#DEE555 #5596E5 #A455E5

monochromatic

#9FA619 #D2DB22 #DEE555 #E8ED8A #F3F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#DEE555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE555

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE555	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.164 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed8b',
    500: '#dee555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee555;
$custom-light: #ebed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89025,
    "c": 0.16369,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE555

secondary

#3C36A8

accent

#10D61A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE555

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

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