Palettes / Colors / #DEE41B

#DEE41B — Vivid Yellow

#DEE41B 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 #DEE41B 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.

#DEE41B 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 #211BE4; it also sits naturally between #E4861B and #79E41B. 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 89% · Blue 11%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 88% · Key 11%

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

Previews

CSS code for #DEE41B

.text { color: #DEE41B; }
.background { background-color: #DEE41B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEE41B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 228, 27); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 79%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEE41B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 228, 27, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEE41B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 228, 27, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DEE41B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DEE41B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DEE41B

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Tones of #DEE41B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #211BE4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DEE41B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEE41B

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 #DEE41B 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 #DEE41B 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

← #DEE41A  ·  #DEE41C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEE41B?

#DEE41B is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 222, 228, 27). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEE41B?

#DEE41B is RGB 222, 228, 27 — HSL 62°, 79%, 50% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 88%, 11%.

What colors go with #DEE41B?

Its complement is #211BE4; analogous partners are #E4861B and #79E41B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEE41B for text?

Black text on #DEE41B has a contrast ratio of 15.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.38:1.