#DEE55D#DEE55D

#DEE55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.158 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE55D
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 93)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -19.68, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 66.69, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0589 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.158 112)
XYZ	xyz(60.1209, 72.3598, 21.1536)
Luminance	0.7236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE55D #645DE5

analogous

#E5A85D #DEE55D #9AE55D

triadic

#DEE55D #5DDEE5 #E55DDE

tetradic

#DEE55D #5DE5A8 #645DE5 #E55D9A

square

#DEE55D #5DE5A8 #645DE5 #E55D9A

split-complementary

#DEE55D #5D9AE5 #A85DE5

monochromatic

#A5AC1C #D3DD28 #DEE55D #E9ED92 #F3F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#DEE55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE55D

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE55D	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)

#F5DB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.158 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed90',
    500: '#dee55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee55d;
$custom-light: #ebed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.088,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89097,
    "c": 0.15754,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.72359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE55D

secondary

#3F39AD

accent

#11D41B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE55D

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

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