#DEEE79#DEEE79

#DEEE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.143 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEE79
RGB	rgb(222, 238, 121)
HSL	hsl(68, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(68, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.81, -21.79, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.81, 58.54, 111.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.32% -0.0621 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(91.32% 0.143 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.1508, 78.0599, 29.7731)
Luminance	0.7806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEE79 #8979EE

analogous

#EEC379 #DEEE79 #A3EE79

triadic

#DEEE79 #79DEEE #EE79DE

tetradic

#DEEE79 #79EEC3 #8979EE #EE79A3

square

#DEEE79 #79EEC3 #8979EE #EE79A3

split-complementary

#DEEE79 #79A3EE #C379EE

monochromatic

#B9D21B #D1E743 #DEEE79 #EBF5AF #F8FCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#DEEE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#DEEE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEE79

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEE79	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE46E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deee79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 238, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.143 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf3a2',
    500: '#deee79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deee79;
$custom-light: #eaf3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deee79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.205,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91318,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEE79

secondary

#5644C7

accent

#0CDA28

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEE79

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

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