#DEE38D#DEE38D

#DEE38D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.109 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE38D
RGB	rgb(222, 227, 141)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(63, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 37.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -14.39, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 43.86, 109.15°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.0394 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.109 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.4016, 72.3918, 35.8799)
Luminance	0.7239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE38D #928DE3

analogous

#E3BD8D #DEE38D #B3E38D

triadic

#DEE38D #8DDEE3 #E38DDE

tetradic

#DEE38D #8DE3BD #928DE3 #E38DB3

square

#DEE38D #8DE3BD #928DE3 #E38DB3

split-complementary

#DEE38D #8DB3E3 #BD8DE3

monochromatic

#BDC530 #D0D75C #DEE38D #ECEFBE #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEE38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#DEE38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE38D

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE38D	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDC87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 227, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.109 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ebaf',
    500: '#dee38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee38d;
$custom-light: #e9ebaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.488,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89286,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE38D

secondary

#5E59BC

accent

#1DC827

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE38D

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

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