#DEE499#DEE499

#DEE499 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.096 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE499
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 153)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(65, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 32.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -13.49, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 38.44, 110.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.0361 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.096 112)
XYZ	xyz(63.6176, 73.3171, 40.9311)
Luminance	0.7332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE499 #9F99E4

analogous

#E4C599 #DEE499 #B9E499

triadic

#DEE499 #99DEE4 #E499DE

tetradic

#DEE499 #99E4C5 #9F99E4 #E499B9

square

#DEE499 #99E4C5 #9F99E4 #E499B9

split-complementary

#DEE499 #99B9E4 #C599E4

monochromatic

#BFCA38 #CED769 #DEE499 #EEF1C9 #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DEE499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#DEE499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE499

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE499	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.096 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ecb7',
    500: '#dee499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee499;
$custom-light: #e9ecb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89696,
    "c": 0.09623,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.73316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE499

secondary

#6B64BE

accent

#20C62D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE499

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

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