#DEE956#DEE956

#DEE956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.167 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE956
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.15, -22.07, 67.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.15, 71.17, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.89% -0.0663 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(89.89% 0.167 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9444, 74.4805, 19.9680)
Luminance	0.7448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE956 #6156E9

analogous

#E9AB56 #DEE956 #94E956

triadic

#DEE956 #56DEE9 #E956DE

tetradic

#DEE956 #56E9AB #6156E9 #E95694

square

#DEE956 #56E9AB #6156E9 #E95694

split-complementary

#DEE956 #5694E9 #AB56E9

monochromatic

#A3AE17 #D3E220 #DEE956 #E9F08C #F3F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#DEE956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE956

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE956	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.167 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef8c',
    500: '#dee956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee956;
$custom-light: #ebef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.49,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89885,
    "c": 0.16722,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE956

secondary

#3E34AF

accent

#0CD91C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE956

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

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