#DEE55A#DEE55A

#DEE55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.160 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE55A
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.12, -19.88, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.12, 67.92, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.0598 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.16 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.9906, 72.3077, 20.4675)
Luminance	0.7231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE55A #615AE5

analogous

#E5A75A #DEE55A #98E55A

triadic

#DEE55A #5ADEE5 #E55ADE

tetradic

#DEE55A #5AE5A7 #615AE5 #E55A98

square

#DEE55A #5AE5A7 #615AE5 #E55A98

split-complementary

#DEE55A #5A98E5 #A75AE5

monochromatic

#A3AA1B #D3DD25 #DEE55A #E9ED8F #F3F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#DEE55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE55A

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE55A	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)

#F5DB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.160 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed8e',
    500: '#dee55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee55a;
$custom-light: #ebed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89069,
    "c": 0.15991,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE55A

secondary

#3E38AB

accent

#11D51B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE55A

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

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