#DEE557#DEE557

#DEE557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.162 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE557
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -20.08, 66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 69.12, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.0606 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.162 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.8655, 72.2577, 19.8085)
Luminance	0.7226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE557 #5E57E5

analogous

#E5A557 #DEE557 #97E557

triadic

#DEE557 #57DEE5 #E557DE

tetradic

#DEE557 #57E5A5 #5E57E5 #E55797

square

#DEE557 #57E5A5 #5E57E5 #E55797

split-complementary

#DEE557 #5797E5 #A557E5

monochromatic

#A1A81A #D3DD22 #DEE557 #E8ED8C #F3F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#DEE557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE557

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE557	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)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.162 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed8d',
    500: '#dee557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee557;
$custom-light: #ebed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.958,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89043,
    "c": 0.1622,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE557

secondary

#3C37AA

accent

#10D51A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE557

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

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