#DEEC59#DEEC59

#DEEC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.168 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEC59
RGB	rgb(222, 236, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.97, -23.32, 67.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.97, 71.26, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(90.55% -0.0695 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(90.55% 0.168 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.9243, 76.2428, 20.9035)
Luminance	0.7624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEC59 #6759EC

analogous

#ECB059 #DEEC59 #94EC59

triadic

#DEEC59 #59DEEC #EC59DE

tetradic

#DEEC59 #59ECB0 #6759EC #EC5994

square

#DEEC59 #59ECB0 #6759EC #EC5994

split-complementary

#DEEC59 #5994EC #B059EC

monochromatic

#A6B615 #D3E622 #DEEC59 #E9F290 #F4F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DEEC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#DEEC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEC59

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEC59	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deec59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 236, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.168 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf28e',
    500: '#deec59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deec59;
$custom-light: #ebf28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deec59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90552,
    "c": 0.16828,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEC59

secondary

#4034B5

accent

#0ADC1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEC59

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

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