#DEE55E#DEE55E

#DEE55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.157 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE55E
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.15, -19.61, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.15, 66.28, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% -0.0586 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.157 112)
XYZ	xyz(60.1654, 72.3777, 21.3884)
Luminance	0.7238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE55E #655EE5

analogous

#E5A85E #DEE55E #9AE55E

triadic

#DEE55E #5EDEE5 #E55EDE

tetradic

#DEE55E #5EE5A8 #655EE5 #E55E9A

square

#DEE55E #5EE5A8 #655EE5 #E55E9A

split-complementary

#DEE55E #5E9AE5 #A85EE5

monochromatic

#A5AD1C #D3DC29 #DEE55E #E9EE93 #F4F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#DEE55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE55E

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE55E	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.157 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed91',
    500: '#dee55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee55e;
$custom-light: #ebed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.111,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89107,
    "c": 0.15673,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.72376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE55E

secondary

#3F39AE

accent

#11D41B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE55E

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

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