#DEEC53#DEEC53

#DEEC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.173 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEC53
RGB	rgb(222, 236, 83)
HSL	hsl(65, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.93, -23.69, 69.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.93, 73.57, 108.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0712 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.173 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.6826, 76.1461, 19.6303)
Luminance	0.7614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEC53 #6153EC

analogous

#ECAD53 #DEEC53 #92EC53

triadic

#DEEC53 #53DEEC #EC53DE

tetradic

#DEEC53 #53ECAD #6153EC #EC5392

square

#DEEC53 #53ECAD #6153EC #EC5392

split-complementary

#DEEC53 #5392EC #AD53EC

monochromatic

#A3B114 #D3E61C #DEEC53 #E9F28A #F3F8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DEEC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#DEEC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEC53

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEC53	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deec53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 236, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.173 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf28b',
    500: '#deec53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deec53;
$custom-light: #ebf28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deec53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.49,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90501,
    "c": 0.17262,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEC53

secondary

#3E32B1

accent

#09DC1C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEC53

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

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