#DEE973#DEE973

#DEE973 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.143 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE973
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 115)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(66, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 50.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -19.91, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 58.92, 109.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0573 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.143 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.3587, 75.0462, 27.4167)
Luminance	0.7504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE973 #7E73E9

analogous

#E9B973 #DEE973 #A3E973

triadic

#DEE973 #73DEE9 #E973DE

tetradic

#DEE973 #73E9B9 #7E73E9 #E973A3

square

#DEE973 #73E9B9 #7E73E9 #E973A3

split-complementary

#DEE973 #73A3E9 #B973E9

monochromatic

#B4C31F #D2E13E #DEE973 #EAF1A8 #F7FADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEE973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#DEE973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE973

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE973	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.143 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef9e',
    500: '#dee973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee973;
$custom-light: #eaef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.593,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90183,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE973

secondary

#4B3FC1

accent

#11D523

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE973

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

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