#DEE55C#DEE55C

#DEE55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.158 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE55C
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 92)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.13, -19.75, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.13, 67.10, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.0592 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.158 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.0769, 72.3422, 20.9219)
Luminance	0.7234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE55C #635CE5

analogous

#E5A85C #DEE55C #99E55C

triadic

#DEE55C #5CDEE5 #E55CDE

tetradic

#DEE55C #5CE5A8 #635CE5 #E55C99

square

#DEE55C #5CE5A8 #635CE5 #E55C99

split-complementary

#DEE55C #5C99E5 #A85CE5

monochromatic

#A4AB1B #D3DD27 #DEE55C #E9ED91 #F3F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#DEE55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE55C

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE55C	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.158 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed90',
    500: '#dee55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee55c;
$custom-light: #ebed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.066,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89088,
    "c": 0.15834,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE55C

secondary

#3E38AD

accent

#11D51B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE55C

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

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