#DEE962#DEE962

#DEE962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.158 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE962
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -21.26, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 66.32, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0628 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.158 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.4691, 74.6904, 22.7315)
Luminance	0.7469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE962 #6D62E9

analogous

#E9B162 #DEE962 #9AE962

triadic

#DEE962 #62DEE9 #E962DE

tetradic

#DEE962 #62E9B1 #6D62E9 #E9629A

square

#DEE962 #62E9B1 #6D62E9 #E9629A

split-complementary

#DEE962 #629AE9 #B162E9

monochromatic

#AAB71A #D3E12C #DEE962 #E9F198 #F5F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#DEE962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE962

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE962	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.158 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef93',
    500: '#dee962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee962;
$custom-light: #ebef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.889,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89996,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE962

secondary

#4338B7

accent

#0ED81E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE962

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

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