#DEE85E#DEE85E

#DEE85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.160 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE85E
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 94)
HSL	hsl(64, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.95, -21.06, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.95, 67.55, 108.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0627 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.16 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.0027, 74.0522, 21.6675)
Luminance	0.7405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE85E #685EE8

analogous

#E8AD5E #DEE85E #99E85E

triadic

#DEE85E #5EDEE8 #E85EDE

tetradic

#DEE85E #5EE8AD #685EE8 #E85E99

square

#DEE85E #5EE8AD #685EE8 #E85E99

split-complementary

#DEE85E #5E99E8 #AD5EE8

monochromatic

#A7B219 #D3E028 #DEE85E #E9F094 #F4F7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DEE85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#DEE85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE85E

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE85E	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)

#F8DE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.160 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef91',
    500: '#dee85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee85e;
$custom-light: #ebef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.348,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89744,
    "c": 0.16001,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE85E

secondary

#4138B3

accent

#0ED71D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE85E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →