#DEE579#DEE579

#DEE579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.132 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE579
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(64, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -17.42, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 54.34, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0497 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.132 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.5958, 72.9498, 28.9214)
Luminance	0.7295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE579 #8079E5

analogous

#E5B679 #DEE579 #A8E579

triadic

#DEE579 #79DEE5 #E579DE

tetradic

#DEE579 #79E5B6 #8079E5 #E579A8

square

#DEE579 #79E5B6 #8079E5 #E579A8

split-complementary

#DEE579 #79A8E5 #B679E5

monochromatic

#B5BF25 #D1DB46 #DEE579 #EBEFAC #F7F9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DEE579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#DEE579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE579

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE579	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.132 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaeda2',
    500: '#dee579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee579;
$custom-light: #eaeda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.889,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89414,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE579

secondary

#4D46BD

accent

#16CF22

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE579

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

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