#DEEE59#DEEE59

#DEEE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.170 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEE59
RGB	rgb(222, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.51, -24.27, 67.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.51, 72.11, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.98% -0.0722 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(90.98% 0.17 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.5034, 77.4009, 21.0965)
Luminance	0.7740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEE59 #6959EE

analogous

#EEB459 #DEEE59 #94EE59

triadic

#DEEE59 #59DEEE #EE59DE

tetradic

#DEEE59 #59EEB4 #6959EE #EE5994

square

#DEEE59 #59EEB4 #6959EE #EE5994

split-complementary

#DEEE59 #5994EE #B459EE

monochromatic

#A8BA13 #D3E821 #DEEE59 #E9F491 #F4F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DEEE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#DEEE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEE59

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEE59	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBE1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.170 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf38e',
    500: '#deee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deee59;
$custom-light: #ebf38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.443,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90979,
    "c": 0.17047,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEE59

secondary

#4133B9

accent

#08DE1F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEE59

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

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