#DEE859#DEE859

#DEE859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.164 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE859
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.91, -21.40, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.91, 69.57, 107.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.0641 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.164 113)
XYZ	xyz(60.7856, 73.9653, 20.5239)
Luminance	0.7396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE859 #6359E8

analogous

#E8AB59 #DEE859 #96E859

triadic

#DEE859 #59DEE8 #E859DE

tetradic

#DEE859 #59E8AB #6359E8 #E85996

square

#DEE859 #59E8AB #6359E8 #E85996

split-complementary

#DEE859 #5996E8 #AB59E8

monochromatic

#A4AE18 #D3E123 #DEE859 #E9EF8F #F3F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DEE859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#DEE859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE859

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE859	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)

#F8DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.164 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef8e',
    500: '#dee859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee859;
$custom-light: #ebef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.196,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89698,
    "c": 0.16391,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.73964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE859

secondary

#3E36AF

accent

#0ED81C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE859

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

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