#DEE86C#DEE86C

#DEE86C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.148 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE86C
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 108)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 53.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.08, -20.01, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.08, 61.58, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(89.89% -0.0583 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(89.89% 0.148 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.6888, 74.3266, 25.2812)
Luminance	0.7433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE86C #766CE8

analogous

#E8B46C #DEE86C #A0E86C

triadic

#DEE86C #6CDEE8 #E86CDE

tetradic

#DEE86C #6CE8B4 #766CE8 #E86CA0

square

#DEE86C #6CE8B4 #766CE8 #E86CA0

split-complementary

#DEE86C #6CA0E8 #B46CE8

monochromatic

#AFBC1D #D2E037 #DEE86C #EAF0A1 #F6F9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#DEE86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE86C

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE86C	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.148 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef9a',
    500: '#dee86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee86c;
$custom-light: #ebef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 72.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8989,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE86C

secondary

#473DBB

accent

#10D520

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE86C

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

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