#DEE857#DEE857

#DEE857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.165 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE857
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.89, -21.53, 66.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.89, 70.36, 107.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.68% -0.0647 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(89.68% 0.165 113)
XYZ	xyz(60.7027, 73.9322, 20.0876)
Luminance	0.7393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE857 #6157E8

analogous

#E8AA57 #DEE857 #95E857

triadic

#DEE857 #57DEE8 #E857DE

tetradic

#DEE857 #57E8AA #6157E8 #E85795

square

#DEE857 #57E8AA #6157E8 #E85795

split-complementary

#DEE857 #5795E8 #AA57E8

monochromatic

#A3AD18 #D3E121 #DEE857 #E9EF8D #F3F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DEE857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#DEE857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE857

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE857	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.165 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef8d',
    500: '#dee857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee857;
$custom-light: #ebef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89681,
    "c": 0.16541,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.73931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE857

secondary

#3E35AE

accent

#0DD81B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE857

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

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