#DEEC61#DEEC61

#DEEC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.162 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEC61
RGB	rgb(222, 236, 97)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.04, -22.78, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.04, 68.04, 109.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.63% -0.0672 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(90.63% 0.162 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.2787, 76.3846, 22.7699)
Luminance	0.7638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEC61 #6F61EC

analogous

#ECB461 #DEEC61 #99EC61

triadic

#DEEC61 #61DEEC #EC61DE

tetradic

#DEEC61 #61ECB4 #6F61EC #EC6199

square

#DEEC61 #61ECB4 #6F61EC #EC6199

split-complementary

#DEEC61 #6199EC #B461EC

monochromatic

#ABBC17 #D3E52A #DEEC61 #E9F398 #F5F9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DEEC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#DEEC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEC61

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEC61	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deec61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 236, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.162 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf293',
    500: '#deec61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deec61;
$custom-light: #ebf293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deec61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.043,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90625,
    "c": 0.16205,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEC61

secondary

#4436BB

accent

#0BDB20

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEC61

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

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