#DEE655#DEE655

#DEE655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.165 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE655
RGB	rgb(222, 230, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -20.69, 67.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 70.32, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0625 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.165 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.0624, 72.7804, 19.4766)
Luminance	0.7278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE655 #5D55E6

analogous

#E6A555 #DEE655 #96E655

triadic

#DEE655 #55DEE6 #E655DE

tetradic

#DEE655 #55E6A5 #5D55E6 #E65596

square

#DEE655 #55E6A5 #5D55E6 #E65596

split-complementary

#DEE655 #5596E6 #A555E6

monochromatic

#A0A819 #D3DD21 #DEE655 #E8EE8A #F3F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DEE655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#DEE655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE655

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE655	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 230, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.165 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed8b',
    500: '#dee655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee655;
$custom-light: #ebed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.31,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89238,
    "c": 0.16475,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE655

secondary

#3C36AA

accent

#0FD61A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE655

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

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