#DEE85D#DEE85D

#DEE85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.161 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE85D
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 93)
HSL	hsl(64, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -21.13, 64.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 67.96, 108.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.063 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.161 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.9581, 74.0343, 21.4327)
Luminance	0.7403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE85D #675DE8

analogous

#E8AC5D #DEE85D #98E85D

triadic

#DEE85D #5DDEE8 #E85DDE

tetradic

#DEE85D #5DE8AC #675DE8 #E85D98

square

#DEE85D #5DE8AC #675DE8 #E85D98

split-complementary

#DEE85D #5D98E8 #AC5DE8

monochromatic

#A6B119 #D3E027 #DEE85D #E9F093 #F4F7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DEE85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#DEE85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE85D

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE85D	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.161 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef90',
    500: '#dee85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee85d;
$custom-light: #ebef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.317,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89735,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE85D

secondary

#4037B2

accent

#0ED71D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE85D

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

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