#DEE696#DEE696

#DEE696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.102 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE696
RGB	rgb(222, 230, 150)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(66, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 34.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.08, -14.84, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.08, 40.92, 111.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.06% -0.0401 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(90.06% 0.102 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.9264, 74.3260, 39.8270)
Luminance	0.7432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE696 #9E96E6

analogous

#E6C696 #DEE696 #B6E696

triadic

#DEE696 #96DEE6 #E696DE

tetradic

#DEE696 #96E6C6 #9E96E6 #E696B6

square

#DEE696 #96E6C6 #9E96E6 #E696B6

split-complementary

#DEE696 #96B6E6 #C696E6

monochromatic

#BFCE33 #CEDA65 #DEE696 #EEF2C7 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#DEE696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE696

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE696	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 230, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.102 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9edb5',
    500: '#dee696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee696;
$custom-light: #e9edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90061,
    "c": 0.10226,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE696

secondary

#6A60C0

accent

#1CC92E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE696

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

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