#DEE65E#DEE65E

#DEE65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.158 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE65E
RGB	rgb(222, 230, 94)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -20.10, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 66.70, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.32% -0.06 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(89.32% 0.158 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.4429, 72.9326, 21.4809)
Luminance	0.7293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE65E #665EE6

analogous

#E6AA5E #DEE65E #9AE65E

triadic

#DEE65E #5EDEE6 #E65EDE

tetradic

#DEE65E #5EE6AA #665EE6 #E65E9A

square

#DEE65E #5EE6AA #665EE6 #E65E9A

split-complementary

#DEE65E #5E9AE6 #AA5EE6

monochromatic

#A6AF1B #D3DE29 #DEE65E #E9EE93 #F4F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DEE65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#DEE65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE65E

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE65E	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)

#F6DC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 230, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.158 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed91',
    500: '#dee65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee65e;
$custom-light: #ebed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89319,
    "c": 0.15782,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE65E

secondary

#4039B0

accent

#10D51C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE65E

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

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