#DEE949#DEE949

#DEE949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.176 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE949
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -22.81, 72.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 75.99, 107.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.0696 0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.176 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.4675, 74.2897, 17.4561)
Luminance	0.7429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE949 #5449E9

analogous

#E9A449 #DEE949 #8EE949

triadic

#DEE949 #49DEE9 #E949DE

tetradic

#DEE949 #49E9A4 #5449E9 #E9498E

square

#DEE949 #49E9A4 #5449E9 #E9498E

split-complementary

#DEE949 #498EE9 #A449E9

monochromatic

#9AA414 #CDDA1A #DEE949 #E8F080 #F2F6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#DEE949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE949

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE949	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)

#FADE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.176 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecef85',
    500: '#dee949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee949;
$custom-light: #ecef85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.125,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89785,
    "c": 0.17607,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE949

secondary

#3830A6

accent

#33F540

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE949

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

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