#DEEC4A#DEEC4A

#DEEC4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.179 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEC4A
RGB	rgb(222, 236, 74)
HSL	hsl(65, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 68.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.87, -24.19, 72.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.87, 76.84, 108.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0734 0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.179 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.3574, 76.0161, 17.9176)
Luminance	0.7601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEC4A #584AEC

analogous

#ECA94A #DEEC4A #8DEC4A

triadic

#DEEC4A #4ADEEC #EC4ADE

tetradic

#DEEC4A #4AECA9 #584AEC #EC4A8D

square

#DEEC4A #4AECA9 #584AEC #EC4A8D

split-complementary

#DEEC4A #4A8DEC #A94AEC

monochromatic

#9DAA12 #D0E118 #DEEC4A #E8F281 #F2F8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEEC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#DEEC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEC4A

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEC4A	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deec4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 236, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.179 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf286',
    500: '#deec4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deec4a;
$custom-light: #ecf286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deec4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.185,
    "s": 81,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90434,
    "c": 0.17859,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEC4A

secondary

#3A2FAB

accent

#08DD1B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEC4A

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

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