#DEE957#DEE957

#DEE957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.166 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE957
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.16, -22.01, 67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.16, 70.78, 108.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.89% -0.066 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(89.89% 0.166 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9850, 74.4967, 20.1817)
Luminance	0.7450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE957 #6257E9

analogous

#E9AB57 #DEE957 #95E957

triadic

#DEE957 #57DEE9 #E957DE

tetradic

#DEE957 #57E9AB #6257E9 #E95795

square

#DEE957 #57E9AB #6257E9 #E95795

split-complementary

#DEE957 #5795E9 #AB57E9

monochromatic

#A3AF17 #D3E221 #DEE957 #E9F08D #F3F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#DEE957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE957

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE957	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)

#F9DE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.166 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef8d',
    500: '#dee957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee957;
$custom-light: #ebef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.521,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89894,
    "c": 0.16649,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE957

secondary

#3E35AF

accent

#0CD91C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE957

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

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