#DEE68C#DEE68C

#DEE68C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.114 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE68C
RGB	rgb(222, 230, 140)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(65, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 39.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.93, -15.98, 42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.93, 45.80, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.044 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.114 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.1552, 74.0176, 35.7657)
Luminance	0.7402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE68C #948CE6

analogous

#E6C18C #DEE68C #B1E68C

triadic

#DEE68C #8CDEE6 #E68CDE

tetradic

#DEE68C #8CE6C1 #948CE6 #E68CB1

square

#DEE68C #8CE6C1 #948CE6 #E68CB1

split-complementary

#DEE68C #8CB1E6 #C18CE6

monochromatic

#BDCB2C #D0DB5A #DEE68C #ECF1BE #F8FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DEE68C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#DEE68C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE68C

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE68C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE68C	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DE85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee68c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 230, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.114 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9edaf',
    500: '#dee68c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee68c;
$custom-light: #e9edaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee68c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.333,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89897,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE68C

secondary

#6057BF

accent

#19CC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE68C

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

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