#DEE49D#DEE49D

#DEE49D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.092 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE49D
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 157)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(65, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 31.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.66, -12.99, 34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.66, 36.45, 110.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.0345 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.092 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.9536, 73.4515, 42.7002)
Luminance	0.7345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE49D #A39DE4

analogous

#E4C69D #DEE49D #BAE49D

triadic

#DEE49D #9DDEE4 #E49DDE

tetradic

#DEE49D #9DE4C6 #A39DE4 #E49DBA

square

#DEE49D #9DE4C6 #A39DE4 #E49DBA

split-complementary

#DEE49D #9DBAE4 #C69DE4

monochromatic

#BECA3D #CED76D #DEE49D #EEF1CD #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DEE49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#DEE49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE49D

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE49D	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDE98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.092 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ecba',
    500: '#dee49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee49d;
$custom-light: #e9ecba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.07,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89767,
    "c": 0.09152,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE49D

secondary

#6F67BE

accent

#21C42F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE49D

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

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