#DEE38C#DEE38C

#DEE38C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.110 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE38C
RGB	rgb(222, 227, 140)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(63, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 38.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -14.50, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 44.35, 109.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0398 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.11 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.3276, 72.3622, 35.4898)
Luminance	0.7236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE38C #918CE3

analogous

#E3BD8C #DEE38C #B3E38C

triadic

#DEE38C #8CDEE3 #E38CDE

tetradic

#DEE38C #8CE3BD #918CE3 #E38CB3

square

#DEE38C #8CE3BD #918CE3 #E38CB3

split-complementary

#DEE38C #8CB3E3 #BD8CE3

monochromatic

#BCC530 #D0D75B #DEE38C #ECEFBD #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE38C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#DEE38C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE38C

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE38C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE38C	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDC85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee38c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 227, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.110 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ebaf',
    500: '#dee38c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee38c;
$custom-light: #e9ebaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee38c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.448,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8927,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE38C

secondary

#5D58BC

accent

#1DC927

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE38C

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

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