#DEE659#DEE659

#DEE659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.162 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE659
RGB	rgb(222, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -20.43, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 68.74, 107.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0614 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.162 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.2258, 72.8458, 20.3373)
Luminance	0.7284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE659 #6159E6

analogous

#E6A759 #DEE659 #98E659

triadic

#DEE659 #59DEE6 #E659DE

tetradic

#DEE659 #59E6A7 #6159E6 #E65998

square

#DEE659 #59E6A7 #6159E6 #E65998

split-complementary

#DEE659 #5998E6 #A759E6

monochromatic

#A3AB1A #D3DE24 #DEE659 #E9EE8E #F3F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DEE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#DEE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE659

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE659	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.162 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed8e',
    500: '#dee659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee659;
$custom-light: #ebed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.404,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89273,
    "c": 0.16175,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE659

secondary

#3E37AC

accent

#10D61B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE659

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

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