#DEE86D#DEE86D

#DEE86D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.147 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE86D
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 109)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 53%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.09, -19.93, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.09, 61.14, 109.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.058 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.147 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.7424, 74.3480, 25.5631)
Luminance	0.7435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE86D #776DE8

analogous

#E8B56D #DEE86D #A1E86D

triadic

#DEE86D #6DDEE8 #E86DDE

tetradic

#DEE86D #6DE8B5 #776DE8 #E86DA1

square

#DEE86D #6DE8B5 #776DE8 #E86DA1

split-complementary

#DEE86D #6DA1E8 #B56DE8

monochromatic

#B0BD1E #D2E038 #DEE86D #EAF0A2 #F6F9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#DEE86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE86D

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE86D	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)

#F7DE61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.147 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef9a',
    500: '#dee86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee86d;
$custom-light: #eaef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.878,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89901,
    "c": 0.14719,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE86D

secondary

#473DBC

accent

#11D521

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE86D

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

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