#DEE987#DEE987

#DEE987 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.123 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE987
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 135)
HSL	hsl(67, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(67, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 42.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.65, -17.99, 46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.65, 49.65, 111.24°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.0501 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.123 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.6369, 75.5575, 34.1487)
Luminance	0.7556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE987 #9287E9

analogous

#E9C387 #DEE987 #ADE987

triadic

#DEE987 #87DEE9 #E987DE

tetradic

#DEE987 #87E9C3 #9287E9 #E987AD

square

#DEE987 #87E9C3 #9287E9 #E987AD

split-complementary

#DEE987 #87ADE9 #C387E9

monochromatic

#BDD026 #D0E053 #DEE987 #ECF2BB #F8FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#DEE987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE987

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE987	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.123 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf0ab',
    500: '#dee987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee987;
$custom-light: #eaf0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.735,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90451,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE987

secondary

#5E52C3

accent

#15D12A

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE987

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

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