#DEE772#DEE772

#DEE772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.141 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE772
RGB	rgb(222, 231, 114)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 50.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -19.02, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 58.46, 108.99°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0549 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.141 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.7385, 73.8974, 26.9276)
Luminance	0.7390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE772 #7B72E7

analogous

#E7B572 #DEE772 #A4E772

triadic

#DEE772 #72DEE7 #E772DE

tetradic

#DEE772 #72E7B5 #7B72E7 #E772A4

square

#DEE772 #72E7B5 #7B72E7 #E772A4

split-complementary

#DEE772 #72A4E7 #B572E7

monochromatic

#B2BE20 #D2DE3E #DEE772 #EAF0A6 #F6F9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DEE772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#DEE772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE772

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE772	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 231, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.141 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaee9d',
    500: '#dee772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee772;
$custom-light: #eaee9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89748,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE772

secondary

#4940BD

accent

#13D321

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE772

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

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