#DEE855#DEE855

#DEE855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.167 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE855
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.88, -21.65, 67.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.88, 71.15, 107.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0652 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.167 113)
XYZ	xyz(60.6221, 73.8999, 19.6632)
Luminance	0.7390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE855 #5F55E8

analogous

#E8A955 #DEE855 #94E855

triadic

#DEE855 #55DEE8 #E855DE

tetradic

#DEE855 #55E8A9 #5F55E8 #E85594

square

#DEE855 #55E8A9 #5F55E8 #E85594

split-complementary

#DEE855 #5594E8 #A955E8

monochromatic

#A1AB17 #D4E11F #DEE855 #E8EF8B #F3F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DEE855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#DEE855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE855

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE855	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)

#F8DE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.167 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef8c',
    500: '#dee855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee855;
$custom-light: #ebef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.082,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89664,
    "c": 0.16688,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.73899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE855

secondary

#3D35AD

accent

#0DD81B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE855

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

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