#DEEA79#DEEA79

#DEEA79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.138 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEA79
RGB	rgb(222, 234, 121)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(66, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 48.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.75, -19.85, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.75, 56.66, 110.51°)
OKLab	oklab(90.47% -0.0566 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(90.47% 0.138 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.9992, 75.7566, 29.3892)
Luminance	0.7576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEA79 #8579EA

analogous

#EABE79 #DEEA79 #A5EA79

triadic

#DEEA79 #79DEEA #EA79DE

tetradic

#DEEA79 #79EABE #8579EA #EA79A5

square

#DEEA79 #79EABE #8579EA #EA79A5

split-complementary

#DEEA79 #79A5EA #BE79EA

monochromatic

#B7C920 #D1E244 #DEEA79 #EBF2AE #F8FBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEEA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#DEEA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEA79

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEA79	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deea79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 234, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.138 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf0a2',
    500: '#deea79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deea79;
$custom-light: #eaf0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deea79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.372,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9047,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEA79

secondary

#5245C3

accent

#11D525

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEA79

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

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