#DEEC4E#DEEC4E

#DEEC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.176 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEC4E
RGB	rgb(222, 236, 78)
HSL	hsl(65, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.89, -23.98, 71.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.89, 75.42, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(90.46% -0.0724 0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(90.46% 0.176 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.4964, 76.0717, 18.6500)
Luminance	0.7607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEC4E #5C4EEC

analogous

#ECAB4E #DEEC4E #8FEC4E

triadic

#DEEC4E #4EDEEC #EC4EDE

tetradic

#DEEC4E #4EECAB #5C4EEC #EC4E8F

square

#DEEC4E #4EECAB #5C4EEC #EC4E8F

split-complementary

#DEEC4E #4E8FEC #AB4EEC

monochromatic

#9FAD13 #D2E419 #DEEC4E #E8F285 #F3F8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEEC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#DEEC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEC4E

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEC4E	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deec4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 236, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.176 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf288',
    500: '#deec4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deec4e;
$custom-light: #ecf288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deec4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.316,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90463,
    "c": 0.17601,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEC4E

secondary

#3C30AE

accent

#09DD1B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEC4E

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

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