#DEE86E#DEE86E

#DEE86E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.146 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE86E
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 110)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 52.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -19.85, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 60.70, 109.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.0576 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.146 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.7965, 74.3697, 25.8482)
Luminance	0.7437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE86E #786EE8

analogous

#E8B56E #DEE86E #A1E86E

triadic

#DEE86E #6EDEE8 #E86EDE

tetradic

#DEE86E #6EE8B5 #786EE8 #E86EA1

square

#DEE86E #6EE8B5 #786EE8 #E86EA1

split-complementary

#DEE86E #6EA1E8 #B56EE8

monochromatic

#B0BE1E #D2E039 #DEE86E #EAF0A3 #F6F9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#DEE86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE86E

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE86E	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)

#F7DE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.146 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef9b',
    500: '#dee86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee86e;
$custom-light: #eaef9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.918,
    "s": 72.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89912,
    "c": 0.14628,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE86E

secondary

#483EBD

accent

#11D521

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE86E

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

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