#DEEE51#DEEE51

#DEEE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.176 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEE51
RGB	rgb(222, 238, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.45, -24.76, 70.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.45, 75.14, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(90.91% -0.0743 0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(90.91% 0.176 115)
XYZ	xyz(62.1855, 77.2738, 19.4225)
Luminance	0.7727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEE51 #6151EE

analogous

#EEB051 #DEEE51 #8FEE51

triadic

#DEEE51 #51DEEE #EE51DE

tetradic

#DEEE51 #51EEB0 #6151EE #EE518F

square

#DEEE51 #51EEB0 #6151EE #EE518F

split-complementary

#DEEE51 #518FEE #B051EE

monochromatic

#A3B311 #D3E919 #DEEE51 #E9F389 #F3F9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DEEE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#DEEE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEE51

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEE51	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deee51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 238, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.176 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf38a',
    500: '#deee51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deee51;
$custom-light: #ecf38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deee51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.115,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90914,
    "c": 0.17616,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.77273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEE51

secondary

#3E30B3

accent

#07DF1D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEE51

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

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