#DEE85B#DEE85B

#DEE85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.162 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE85B
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(64, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -21.27, 65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 68.77, 108.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.0636 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.162 113)
XYZ	xyz(60.8707, 73.9994, 20.9722)
Luminance	0.7400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE85B #655BE8

analogous

#E8AB5B #DEE85B #97E85B

triadic

#DEE85B #5BDEE8 #E85BDE

tetradic

#DEE85B #5BE8AB #655BE8 #E85B97

square

#DEE85B #5BE8AB #655BE8 #E85B97

split-complementary

#DEE85B #5B97E8 #AB5BE8

monochromatic

#A5B019 #D3E025 #DEE85B #E9F091 #F4F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DEE85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#DEE85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE85B

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE85B	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.162 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef8f',
    500: '#dee85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee85b;
$custom-light: #ebef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.255,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89716,
    "c": 0.16237,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.73998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE85B

secondary

#3F37B1

accent

#0ED81C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE85B

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

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