#DEEA57#DEEA57

#DEEA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.168 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEA57
RGB	rgb(222, 234, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.42, -22.49, 67.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.42, 71.20, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(90.11% -0.0674 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(90.11% 0.168 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.2689, 75.0645, 20.2763)
Luminance	0.7506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEA57 #6357EA

analogous

#EAAC57 #DEEA57 #94EA57

triadic

#DEEA57 #57DEEA #EA57DE

tetradic

#DEEA57 #57EAAC #6357EA #EA5794

square

#DEEA57 #57EAAC #6357EA #EA5794

split-complementary

#DEEA57 #5794EA #AC57EA

monochromatic

#A4B116 #D3E321 #DEEA57 #E9F18D #F3F8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEEA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#DEEA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEA57

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEA57	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)

#FADF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deea57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 234, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.168 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf08d',
    500: '#deea57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deea57;
$custom-light: #ebf08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deea57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.898,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90107,
    "c": 0.16757,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEA57

secondary

#3E34B1

accent

#0BDA1C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEA57

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

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