#DEE556#DEE556

#DEE556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.163 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE556
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -20.14, 66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 69.52, 106.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0609 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.163 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.8249, 72.2415, 19.5948)
Luminance	0.7224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE556 #5D56E5

analogous

#E5A556 #DEE556 #97E556

triadic

#DEE556 #56DEE5 #E556DE

tetradic

#DEE556 #56E5A5 #5D56E5 #E55697

square

#DEE556 #56E5A5 #5D56E5 #E55697

split-complementary

#DEE556 #5697E5 #A556E5

monochromatic

#A0A71A #D3DC22 #DEE556 #E8ED8B #F3F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#DEE556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE556

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE556	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.163 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed8c',
    500: '#dee556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee556;
$custom-light: #ebed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.937,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89034,
    "c": 0.16295,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE556

secondary

#3C36A9

accent

#10D51A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE556

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

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