#DEE55B#DEE55B

#DEE55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.159 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE55B
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.12, -19.82, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.12, 67.51, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.0595 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.159 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.0334, 72.3249, 20.6932)
Luminance	0.7232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE55B #625BE5

analogous

#E5A75B #DEE55B #99E55B

triadic

#DEE55B #5BDEE5 #E55BDE

tetradic

#DEE55B #5BE5A7 #625BE5 #E55B99

square

#DEE55B #5BE5A7 #625BE5 #E55B99

split-complementary

#DEE55B #5B99E5 #A75BE5

monochromatic

#A3AB1B #D3DD26 #DEE55B #E9ED90 #F3F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#DEE55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE55B

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE55B	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)

#F5DB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.159 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed8f',
    500: '#dee55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee55b;
$custom-light: #ebed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.043,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89079,
    "c": 0.15912,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE55B

secondary

#3E38AC

accent

#11D51B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE55B

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

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