#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
RGBrgb(222, 229, 86)
HSLhsl(63, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(63, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(3.1%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(88.08, -20.14, 66.54)
CIE-LCHlch(88.08, 69.52, 106.84°)
OKLaboklab(89.03% -0.0609 0.1511)
OKLCHoklch(89.03% 0.163 111.9)
XYZxyz(59.8249, 72.2415, 19.5948)
Luminance0.7224 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##DEE5561.001.3615.4515.45
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4521.001.001.00
##00000015.4521.001.001.00

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

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#DEE556 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva