#DEE599#DEE599

#DEE599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.098 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE599
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(66, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -13.98, 36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 38.94, 111.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.0375 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.098 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.8935, 73.8689, 41.0230)
Luminance	0.7387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE599 #A099E5

analogous

#E5C699 #DEE599 #B8E599

triadic

#DEE599 #99DEE5 #E599DE

tetradic

#DEE599 #99E5C6 #A099E5 #E599B8

square

#DEE599 #99E5C6 #A099E5 #E599B8

split-complementary

#DEE599 #99B8E5 #C699E5

monochromatic

#BECC37 #CED968 #DEE599 #EEF1CA #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DEE599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#DEE599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE599

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE599	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.098 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9edb8',
    500: '#dee599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee599;
$custom-light: #e9edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.526,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89904,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE599

secondary

#6C63BF

accent

#1EC72E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE599

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

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