#DEEA61#DEEA61

#DEEA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.160 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEA61
RGB	rgb(222, 234, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -21.82, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 67.17, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.0645 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.16 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.7061, 75.2394, 22.5790)
Luminance	0.7524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEA61 #6D61EA

analogous

#EAB161 #DEEA61 #9AEA61

triadic

#DEEA61 #61DEEA #EA61DE

tetradic

#DEEA61 #61EAB1 #6D61EA #EA619A

square

#DEEA61 #61EAB1 #6D61EA #EA619A

split-complementary

#DEEA61 #619AEA #B161EA

monochromatic

#AAB818 #D3E32B #DEEA61 #E9F197 #F5F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEEA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#DEEA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEA61

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEA61	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deea61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 234, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.160 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf093',
    500: '#deea61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deea61;
$custom-light: #ebf093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deea61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.255,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90199,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEA61

secondary

#4338B8

accent

#0DD91F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEA61

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

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