Palettes / Colors / #DEE119

#DEE119 — Vivid Yellow

#DEE119 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Gold (#FFD700). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gold (#FFD700) — not an exact match. CSS gold gives you #FFD700, a different color; use #DEE119 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DEE119 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #1C19E1; it also sits naturally between #E18019 and #7AE119. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 88% · Blue 10%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 89% · Key 12%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #DEE119

.text { color: #DEE119; }
.background { background-color: #DEE119; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEE119; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 225, 25); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 80%, 49%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEE119; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 225, 25, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEE119; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 225, 25, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DEE119">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DEE119">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DEE119

Tints of #DEE119

Tones of #DEE119

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1C19E1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DEE119: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEE119

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #DEE119 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DEE119 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DEE118  ·  #DEE11A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEE119?

#DEE119 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 222, 225, 25). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEE119?

#DEE119 is RGB 222, 225, 25 — HSL 61°, 80%, 49% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 89%, 12%.

What colors go with #DEE119?

Its complement is #1C19E1; analogous partners are #E18019 and #7AE119. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEE119 for text?

Black text on #DEE119 has a contrast ratio of 14.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.41:1.