#DEEC56#DEEC56

#DEEC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.170 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEC56
RGB	rgb(222, 236, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -23.51, 68.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 72.43, 108.94°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0703 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.17 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.8009, 76.1935, 20.2535)
Luminance	0.7619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEC56 #6456EC

analogous

#ECAF56 #DEEC56 #93EC56

triadic

#DEEC56 #56DEEC #EC56DE

tetradic

#DEEC56 #56ECAF #6456EC #EC5693

square

#DEEC56 #56ECAF #6456EC #EC5693

split-complementary

#DEEC56 #5693EC #AF56EC

monochromatic

#A5B314 #D3E61F #DEEC56 #E9F28D #F3F8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DEEC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#DEEC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEC56

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEC56	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deec56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 236, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.170 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf28d',
    500: '#deec56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deec56;
$custom-light: #ebf28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deec56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90526,
    "c": 0.17048,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEC56

secondary

#3F33B3

accent

#09DC1D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEC56

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

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