#DEEC5A#DEEC5A

#DEEC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; 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	#DEEC5A
RGB	rgb(222, 236, 90)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.98, -23.26, 66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.98, 70.86, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(90.56% -0.0693 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(90.56% 0.168 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.9666, 76.2597, 21.1262)
Luminance	0.7626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEC5A #685AEC

analogous

#ECB15A #DEEC5A #95EC5A

triadic

#DEEC5A #5ADEEC #EC5ADE

tetradic

#DEEC5A #5AECB1 #685AEC #EC5A95

square

#DEEC5A #5AECB1 #685AEC #EC5A95

split-complementary

#DEEC5A #5A95EC #B15AEC

monochromatic

#A7B715 #D3E623 #DEEC5A #E9F291 #F4F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DEEC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#DEEC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEC5A

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEC5A	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)

#FCE148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deec5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 236, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.168 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf28f',
    500: '#deec5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deec5a;
$custom-light: #ebf28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deec5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.753,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9056,
    "c": 0.16752,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEC5A

secondary

#4134B6

accent

#0ADC1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEC5A

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

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