#DEE959#DEE959

#DEE959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.165 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE959
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -21.88, 66.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 69.99, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.0655 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.165 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.0678, 74.5299, 20.6180)
Luminance	0.7453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE959 #6459E9

analogous

#E9AC59 #DEE959 #96E959

triadic

#DEE959 #59DEE9 #E959DE

tetradic

#DEE959 #59E9AC #6459E9 #E95996

square

#DEE959 #59E9AC #6459E9 #E95996

split-complementary

#DEE959 #5996E9 #AC59E9

monochromatic

#A5B017 #D3E223 #DEE959 #E9F08F #F3F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#DEE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE959

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE959	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.165 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef8e',
    500: '#dee959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee959;
$custom-light: #ebef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89911,
    "c": 0.16499,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE959

secondary

#3F35B1

accent

#0DD91C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE959

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

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