#DEE596#DEE596

#DEE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.101 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE596
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(65, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(65, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.81, -14.34, 37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.81, 40.42, 110.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0387 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.101 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.6489, 73.7710, 39.7345)
Luminance	0.7377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE596 #9D96E5

analogous

#E5C496 #DEE596 #B7E596

triadic

#DEE596 #96DEE5 #E596DE

tetradic

#DEE596 #96E5C4 #9D96E5 #E596B7

square

#DEE596 #96E5C4 #9D96E5 #E596B7

split-complementary

#DEE596 #96B7E5 #C496E5

monochromatic

#BFCD34 #CFD965 #DEE596 #EDF1C7 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DEE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#DEE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE596

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE596	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.101 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9edb5',
    500: '#dee596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee596;
$custom-light: #e9edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.316,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89852,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE596

secondary

#6961BF

accent

#1EC82D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE596

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

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