#DEE85C#DEE85C

#DEE85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.162 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE85C
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 92)
HSL	hsl(64, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.93, -21.20, 64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.93, 68.36, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0633 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.162 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.9141, 74.0167, 21.2009)
Luminance	0.7402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE85C #665CE8

analogous

#E8AC5C #DEE85C #98E85C

triadic

#DEE85C #5CDEE8 #E85CDE

tetradic

#DEE85C #5CE8AC #665CE8 #E85C98

square

#DEE85C #5CE8AC #665CE8 #E85C98

split-complementary

#DEE85C #5C98E8 #AC5CE8

monochromatic

#A6B119 #D3E026 #DEE85C #E9F092 #F4F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DEE85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#DEE85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE85C

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE85C	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)

#F8DE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.162 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef90',
    500: '#dee85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee85c;
$custom-light: #ebef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89726,
    "c": 0.16159,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE85C

secondary

#4037B1

accent

#0ED71C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE85C

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

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