#DEEA59#DEEA59

#DEEA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.166 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEA59
RGB	rgb(222, 234, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.44, -22.36, 66.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.44, 70.41, 108.52°)
OKLab	oklab(90.13% -0.0668 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(90.13% 0.166 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.3517, 75.0976, 20.7126)
Luminance	0.7510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEA59 #6559EA

analogous

#EAAE59 #DEEA59 #95EA59

triadic

#DEEA59 #59DEEA #EA59DE

tetradic

#DEEA59 #59EAAE #6559EA #EA5995

square

#DEEA59 #59EAAE #6559EA #EA5995

split-complementary

#DEEA59 #5995EA #AE59EA

monochromatic

#A5B217 #D3E323 #DEEA59 #E9F18F #F4F8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEEA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#DEEA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEA59

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEA59	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deea59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 234, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.166 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf08e',
    500: '#deea59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deea59;
$custom-light: #ebf08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deea59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.966,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90125,
    "c": 0.16608,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEA59

secondary

#3F35B2

accent

#0CDA1D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEA59

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

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