#DEEA55#DEEA55

#DEEA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.169 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEA55
RGB	rgb(222, 234, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 63.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -22.61, 68.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 71.98, 108.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.0679 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.169 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.1883, 75.0323, 19.8519)
Luminance	0.7503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEA55 #6155EA

analogous

#EAAB55 #DEEA55 #94EA55

triadic

#DEEA55 #55DEEA #EA55DE

tetradic

#DEEA55 #55EAAB #6155EA #EA5594

square

#DEEA55 #55EAAB #6155EA #EA5594

split-complementary

#DEEA55 #5594EA #AB55EA

monochromatic

#A3AF16 #D3E31F #DEEA55 #E9F18B #F3F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEEA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#DEEA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEA55

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEA55	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)

#FADF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deea55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 234, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.169 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf08c',
    500: '#deea55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deea55;
$custom-light: #ebf08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deea55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.832,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9009,
    "c": 0.16903,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEA55

secondary

#3E34B0

accent

#0BDA1C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEA55

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

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