#DEE960#DEE960

#DEE960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.160 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE960
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.23, -21.41, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.23, 67.15, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0635 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.16 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.3759, 74.6531, 22.2404)
Luminance	0.7465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE960 #6B60E9

analogous

#E9B060 #DEE960 #99E960

triadic

#DEE960 #60DEE9 #E960DE

tetradic

#DEE960 #60E9B0 #6B60E9 #E96099

square

#DEE960 #60E9B0 #6B60E9 #E96099

split-complementary

#DEE960 #6099E9 #B060E9

monochromatic

#A9B519 #D3E22A #DEE960 #E9F096 #F4F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#DEE960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE960

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE960	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.160 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef92',
    500: '#dee960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee960;
$custom-light: #ebef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.818,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89976,
    "c": 0.1595,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE960

secondary

#4238B5

accent

#0ED81E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE960

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

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