#DEE657#DEE657

#DEE657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.163 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE657
RGB	rgb(222, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.36, -20.56, 66.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.36, 69.54, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.062 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.163 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.1429, 72.8126, 19.9010)
Luminance	0.7281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE657 #5F57E6

analogous

#E6A757 #DEE657 #96E657

triadic

#DEE657 #57DEE6 #E657DE

tetradic

#DEE657 #57E6A7 #5F57E6 #E65796

square

#DEE657 #57E6A7 #5F57E6 #E65796

split-complementary

#DEE657 #5796E6 #A757E6

monochromatic

#A1A919 #D4DE22 #DEE657 #E8EE8C #F3F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DEE657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#DEE657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE657

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE657	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)

#F6DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.163 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed8d',
    500: '#dee657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee657;
$custom-light: #ebed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.357,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89255,
    "c": 0.16326,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE657

secondary

#3D36AB

accent

#0FD61A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE657

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

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