#DEE496#DEE496

#DEE496 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.100 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE496
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 150)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(65, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.55, -13.85, 37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.55, 39.93, 110.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0373 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.1 112)
XYZ	xyz(63.3730, 73.2193, 39.6425)
Luminance	0.7322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE496 #9C96E4

analogous

#E4C396 #DEE496 #B7E496

triadic

#DEE496 #96DEE4 #E496DE

tetradic

#DEE496 #96E4C3 #9C96E4 #E496B7

square

#DEE496 #96E4C3 #9C96E4 #E496B7

split-complementary

#DEE496 #96B7E4 #C396E4

monochromatic

#BFCB35 #CFD765 #DEE496 #EDF1C7 #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DEE496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#DEE496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE496

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE496	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.100 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ecb5',
    500: '#dee496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee496;
$custom-light: #e9ecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89644,
    "c": 0.09971,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.73218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE496

secondary

#6861BD

accent

#1FC72C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE496

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

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