#DEE861#DEE861

#DEE861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.158 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE861
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.97, -20.85, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.97, 66.30, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.0618 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.158 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.1399, 74.1071, 22.3903)
Luminance	0.7411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE861 #6B61E8

analogous

#E8AE61 #DEE861 #9BE861

triadic

#DEE861 #61DEE8 #E861DE

tetradic

#DEE861 #61E8AE #6B61E8 #E8619B

square

#DEE861 #61E8AE #6B61E8 #E8619B

split-complementary

#DEE861 #619BE8 #AE61E8

monochromatic

#A9B41A #D3E02C #DEE861 #E9F096 #F4F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DEE861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#DEE861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE861

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE861	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.158 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef93',
    500: '#dee861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee861;
$custom-light: #ebef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89773,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE861

secondary

#4239B5

accent

#0FD71E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE861

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

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