#DEEC4F#DEEC4F

#DEEC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.175 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEC4F
RGB	rgb(222, 236, 79)
HSL	hsl(65, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.90, -23.92, 71.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.90, 75.05, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.47% -0.0722 0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(90.47% 0.175 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.5326, 76.0861, 18.8403)
Luminance	0.7609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEC4F #5D4FEC

analogous

#ECAB4F #DEEC4F #90EC4F

triadic

#DEEC4F #4FDEEC #EC4FDE

tetradic

#DEEC4F #4FECAB #5D4FEC #EC4F90

square

#DEEC4F #4FECAB #5D4FEC #EC4F90

split-complementary

#DEEC4F #4F90EC #AB4FEC

monochromatic

#A0AE13 #D3E519 #DEEC4F #E8F286 #F3F8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DEEC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#DEEC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEC4F

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEC4F	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deec4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 236, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.175 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf289',
    500: '#deec4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deec4f;
$custom-light: #ecf289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deec4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.35,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9047,
    "c": 0.17535,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEC4F

secondary

#3C31AE

accent

#09DD1C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEC4F

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

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