#DEE879#DEE879

#DEE879 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.136 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE879
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 121)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(65, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.22, -18.88, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.22, 55.73, 109.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0539 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.136 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.4330, 74.6243, 29.2005)
Luminance	0.7462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE879 #8379E8

analogous

#E8BA79 #DEE879 #A7E879

triadic

#DEE879 #79DEE8 #E879DE

tetradic

#DEE879 #79E8BA #8379E8 #E879A7

square

#DEE879 #79E8BA #8379E8 #E879A7

split-complementary

#DEE879 #79A7E8 #BA79E8

monochromatic

#B6C522 #D1DF45 #DEE879 #EBF1AD #F8FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#DEE879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE879

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE879	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.136 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaefa2',
    500: '#dee879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee879;
$custom-light: #eaefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.405,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90047,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE879

secondary

#5045C0

accent

#13D324

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE879

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

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