#DEE561#DEE561

#DEE561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.154 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE561
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.18, -19.40, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.18, 65.02, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0577 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.154 112)
XYZ	xyz(60.3027, 72.4326, 22.1112)
Luminance	0.7243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE561 #6861E5

analogous

#E5AA61 #DEE561 #9CE561

triadic

#DEE561 #61DEE5 #E561DE

tetradic

#DEE561 #61E5AA #6861E5 #E5619C

square

#DEE561 #61E5AA #6861E5 #E5619C

split-complementary

#DEE561 #619CE5 #AA61E5

monochromatic

#A7AF1D #D3DC2C #DEE561 #E9EE96 #F4F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#DEE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE561

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE561	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.154 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed93',
    500: '#dee561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee561;
$custom-light: #ebed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.182,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89137,
    "c": 0.15427,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.72431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE561

secondary

#413AB0

accent

#12D41C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE561

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

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