#DEE559#DEE559

#DEE559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.161 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE559
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.11, -19.95, 65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.11, 68.32, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.06 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.161 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.9483, 72.2908, 20.2448)
Luminance	0.7229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE559 #6059E5

analogous

#E5A659 #DEE559 #98E559

triadic

#DEE559 #59DEE5 #E559DE

tetradic

#DEE559 #59E5A6 #6059E5 #E55998

square

#DEE559 #59E5A6 #6059E5 #E55998

split-complementary

#DEE559 #5998E5 #A659E5

monochromatic

#A2A91A #D3DD24 #DEE559 #E9ED8E #F3F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#DEE559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE559

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE559	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.161 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed8e',
    500: '#dee559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee559;
$custom-light: #ebed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8906,
    "c": 0.16067,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE559

secondary

#3D37AB

accent

#10D51A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE559

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

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