#DEE49E#DEE49E

#DEE49E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.090 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE49E
RGB	rgb(222, 228, 158)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(65, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 30.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.68, -12.87, 33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.68, 35.95, 110.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.0341 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.09 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.0393, 73.4858, 43.1517)
Luminance	0.7349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE49E #A49EE4

analogous

#E4C79E #DEE49E #BBE49E

triadic

#DEE49E #9EDEE4 #E49EDE

tetradic

#DEE49E #9EE4C7 #A49EE4 #E49EBB

square

#DEE49E #9EE4C7 #A49EE4 #E49EBB

split-complementary

#DEE49E #9EBBE4 #C79EE4

monochromatic

#BDC93E #CED76E #DEE49E #EEF1CE #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DEE49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#DEE49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE49E

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE49E	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDE99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 228, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.090 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ecbb',
    500: '#dee49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee49e;
$custom-light: #e9ecbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89786,
    "c": 0.09034,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE49E

secondary

#7068BE

accent

#21C42F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE49E

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

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