#DEEA51#DEEA51
#DEEA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.172 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #DEEA51 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(222, 234, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 78%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 65%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 65.4%, 8.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.38, -22.85, 69.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.38, 73.49, 108.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.06% -0.069 0.1574) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.06% 0.172 113.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.0339, 74.9705, 19.0386) |
| Luminance | 0.7497 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 3.01
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.09
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 5.25
Banana Yellow
#FAFE4B
ΔE00 5.37
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 5.52
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 5.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#DEEA51 #5D51EA
analogous
#EAAA51 #DEEA51 #92EA51
triadic
#DEEA51 #51DEEA #EA51DE
tetradic
#DEEA51 #51EAAA #5D51EA #EA5192
square
#DEEA51 #51EAAA #5D51EA #EA5192
split-complementary
#DEEA51 #5192EA #AA51EA
monochromatic
#A0AC15 #D3E21B #DEEA51 #E8F188 #F3F7BE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.31
#DEEA51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.99
#DEEA51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #DEEA51
15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##DEEA51 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##DEEA51 | 1.00 | 1.31 | 15.99 | 15.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FBDF3B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE25C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ECDDCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E1E1E1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #deea51; /* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 234, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.172 113.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ecf08a',
500: '#deea51',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #deea51; $custom-light: #ecf08a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#deea51",
"rgb": {
"r": 222,
"g": 234,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.706,
"s": 78.462,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90058,
"c": 0.17186,
"h": 113.7
},
"luminance": 0.74969
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#DEEA51
secondary
#3C32AD
accent
#0BDB1B
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF4
border
#D6D6CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85857F