#DEE299#DEE299

#DEE299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.094 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE299
RGB	rgb(222, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(63, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 32.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -12.49, 35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 37.46, 109.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0333 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.094 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.0706, 72.2231, 40.7487)
Luminance	0.7222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE299 #9D99E2

analogous

#E2C299 #DEE299 #BAE299

triadic

#DEE299 #99DEE2 #E299DE

tetradic

#DEE299 #99E2C2 #9D99E2 #E299BA

square

#DEE299 #99E2C2 #9D99E2 #E299BA

split-complementary

#DEE299 #99BAE2 #C299E2

monochromatic

#BFC73A #CFD469 #DEE299 #EDF0C9 #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#DEE299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE299

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE299	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.094 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ebb7',
    500: '#dee299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee299;
$custom-light: #e9ebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.288,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8928,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE299

secondary

#6964BB

accent

#22C32B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE299

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

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