#DEE65C#DEE65C

#DEE65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.159 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE65C
RGB	rgb(222, 230, 92)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 60%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.40, -20.23, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.40, 67.52, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0605 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.159 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.3543, 72.8972, 21.0144)
Luminance	0.7290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE65C #645CE6

analogous

#E6A95C #DEE65C #99E65C

triadic

#DEE65C #5CDEE6 #E65CDE

tetradic

#DEE65C #5CE6A9 #645CE6 #E65C99

square

#DEE65C #5CE6A9 #645CE6 #E65C99

split-complementary

#DEE65C #5C99E6 #A95CE6

monochromatic

#A5AD1B #D3DE27 #DEE65C #E9EE91 #F3F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DEE65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#DEE65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE65C

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE65C	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 230, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.159 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed90',
    500: '#dee65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee65c;
$custom-light: #ebed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.893,
    "c": 0.15942,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE65C

secondary

#3F38AE

accent

#10D61B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE65C

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

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