#DEE86B#DEE86B

#DEE86B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.149 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE86B
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 107)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 53.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -20.09, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 62.02, 108.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0586 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.149 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.6359, 74.3055, 25.0026)
Luminance	0.7430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE86B #756BE8

analogous

#E8B46B #DEE86B #A0E86B

triadic

#DEE86B #6BDEE8 #E86BDE

tetradic

#DEE86B #6BE8B4 #756BE8 #E86BA0

square

#DEE86B #6BE8B4 #756BE8 #E86BA0

split-complementary

#DEE86B #6BA0E8 #B46BE8

monochromatic

#AFBB1D #D2E036 #DEE86B #EAF0A0 #F6F8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE86B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#DEE86B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE86B

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE86B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE86B	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee86b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.149 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef99',
    500: '#dee86b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee86b;
$custom-light: #ebef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee86b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89878,
    "c": 0.14899,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE86B

secondary

#463CBB

accent

#10D520

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE86B

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

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