#DEE296#DEE296

#DEE296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.097 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE296
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 150)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(63, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 33.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -12.85, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 38.95, 109.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.23% -0.0345 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(89.23% 0.097 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.8260, 72.1252, 39.4602)
Luminance	0.7212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE296 #9A96E2

analogous

#E2C096 #DEE296 #B8E296

triadic

#DEE296 #96DEE2 #E296DE

tetradic

#DEE296 #96E2C0 #9A96E2 #E296B8

square

#DEE296 #96E2C0 #9A96E2 #E296B8

split-complementary

#DEE296 #96B8E2 #C096E2

monochromatic

#BFC737 #CFD566 #DEE296 #EDEFC6 #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#DEE296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE296

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE296	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDB91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.097 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ebb5',
    500: '#dee296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee296;
$custom-light: #e9ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89227,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE296

secondary

#6661BB

accent

#21C42A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE296

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

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