#DEE966#DEE966

#DEE966 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.155 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE966
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 102)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.28, -20.97, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.28, 64.63, 108.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.0616 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.155 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.6627, 74.7678, 23.7511)
Luminance	0.7477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE966 #7166E9

analogous

#E9B266 #DEE966 #9CE966

triadic

#DEE966 #66DEE9 #E966DE

tetradic

#DEE966 #66E9B2 #7166E9 #E9669C

square

#DEE966 #66E9B2 #7166E9 #E9669C

split-complementary

#DEE966 #669CE9 #B266E9

monochromatic

#ADBA1B #D2E130 #DEE966 #EAF19C #F5F8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#DEE966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE966

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE966	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.155 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef96',
    500: '#dee966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee966;
$custom-light: #ebef96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.038,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90037,
    "c": 0.15451,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE966

secondary

#453AB9

accent

#0ED71F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE966

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

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