#DEE978#DEE978

#DEE978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.138 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE978
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(66, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -19.46, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 56.65, 110.09°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0556 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.138 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.6543, 75.1644, 28.9733)
Luminance	0.7516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE978 #8378E9

analogous

#E9BC78 #DEE978 #A6E978

triadic

#DEE978 #78DEE9 #E978DE

tetradic

#DEE978 #78E9BC #8378E9 #E978A6

square

#DEE978 #78E9BC #8378E9 #E978A6

split-complementary

#DEE978 #78A6E9 #BC78E9

monochromatic

#B6C620 #D1E043 #DEE978 #EBF2AD #F8FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#DEE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE978

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE978	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.138 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf0a1',
    500: '#dee978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee978;
$custom-light: #eaf0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.841,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90245,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE978

secondary

#5044C1

accent

#11D424

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE978

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

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