#DEEE55#DEEE55

#DEEE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.173 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEE55
RGB	rgb(222, 238, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.48, -24.52, 69.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.48, 73.65, 109.45°)
OKLab	oklab(90.95% -0.0733 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(90.95% 0.173 115)
XYZ	xyz(62.3399, 77.3356, 20.2358)
Luminance	0.7733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEE55 #6555EE

analogous

#EEB255 #DEEE55 #91EE55

triadic

#DEEE55 #55DEEE #EE55DE

tetradic

#DEEE55 #55EEB2 #6555EE #EE5591

square

#DEEE55 #55EEB2 #6555EE #EE5591

split-complementary

#DEEE55 #5591EE #B255EE

monochromatic

#A5B612 #D3E81D #DEEE55 #E9F48D #F4F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DEEE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#DEEE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEE55

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEE55	1.00	1.28	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deee55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 238, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.173 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf38c',
    500: '#deee55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deee55;
$custom-light: #ebf38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deee55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.275,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90946,
    "c": 0.17338,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.77335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEE55

secondary

#3F31B6

accent

#07DE1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEE55

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

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