#DEE972#DEE972

#DEE972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.144 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE972
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 114)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(66, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.40, -19.99, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.40, 59.37, 109.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.17% -0.0577 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(90.17% 0.144 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.3015, 75.0233, 27.1153)
Luminance	0.7502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE972 #7D72E9

analogous

#E9B872 #DEE972 #A2E972

triadic

#DEE972 #72DEE9 #E972DE

tetradic

#DEE972 #72E9B8 #7D72E9 #E972A2

square

#DEE972 #72E9B8 #7D72E9 #E972A2

split-complementary

#DEE972 #72A2E9 #B872E9

monochromatic

#B3C21E #D2E13D #DEE972 #EAF1A7 #F7FADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEE972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#DEE972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE972

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE972	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)

#F8DF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.144 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef9d',
    500: '#dee972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee972;
$custom-light: #eaef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.546,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90171,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE972

secondary

#4B3EC1

accent

#10D523

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE972

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

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