#DEEC5B#DEEC5B

#DEEC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.167 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEC5B
RGB	rgb(222, 236, 91)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -23.19, 66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 70.47, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.069 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.167 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0094, 76.2769, 21.3518)
Luminance	0.7628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEC5B #695BEC

analogous

#ECB25B #DEEC5B #96EC5B

triadic

#DEEC5B #5BDEEC #EC5BDE

tetradic

#DEEC5B #5BECB2 #695BEC #EC5B96

square

#DEEC5B #5BECB2 #695BEC #EC5B96

split-complementary

#DEEC5B #5B96EC #B25BEC

monochromatic

#A8B715 #D3E624 #DEEC5B #E9F292 #F4F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DEEC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#DEEC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEC5B

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEC5B	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deec5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 236, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.167 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf28f',
    500: '#deec5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deec5b;
$custom-light: #ebf28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deec5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.793,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90569,
    "c": 0.16676,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEC5B

secondary

#4134B7

accent

#0ADC1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEC5B

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

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