#DEE49C#DEE49C

#DEE49C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.093 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE49C
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 156)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(65, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 31.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -13.12, 34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 36.95, 110.79°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0349 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.093 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.8685, 73.4175, 42.2525)
Luminance	0.7342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE49C #A29CE4

analogous

#E4C69C #DEE49C #BAE49C

triadic

#DEE49C #9CDEE4 #E49CDE

tetradic

#DEE49C #9CE4C6 #A29CE4 #E49CBA

square

#DEE49C #9CE4C6 #A29CE4 #E49CBA

split-complementary

#DEE49C #9CBAE4 #C69CE4

monochromatic

#BECA3C #CED76C #DEE49C #EEF1CC #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DEE49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#DEE49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE49C

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE49C	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.093 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ecba',
    500: '#dee49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee49c;
$custom-light: #e9ecba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89749,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE49C

secondary

#6E67BE

accent

#21C52E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE49C

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

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