#DEE971#DEE971

#DEE971 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.145 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE971
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 113)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(66, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 51.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.39, -20.08, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.39, 59.82, 109.61°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% -0.058 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.145 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.2449, 75.0007, 26.8172)
Luminance	0.7500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE971 #7C71E9

analogous

#E9B871 #DEE971 #A2E971

triadic

#DEE971 #71DEE9 #E971DE

tetradic

#DEE971 #71E9B8 #7C71E9 #E971A2

square

#DEE971 #71E9B8 #7C71E9 #E971A2

split-complementary

#DEE971 #71A2E9 #B871E9

monochromatic

#B3C21E #D2E13C #DEE971 #EAF1A6 #F7F9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEE971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#DEE971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE971

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE971	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.145 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef9d',
    500: '#dee971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee971;
$custom-light: #eaef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90159,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE971

secondary

#4A3EC0

accent

#10D522

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE971

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

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