#DEE699#DEE699

#DEE699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.099 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE699
RGB	rgb(222, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(66, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 33.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.12, -14.48, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.12, 39.44, 111.54°)
OKLab	oklab(90.11% -0.0389 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(90.11% 0.099 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.1710, 74.4239, 41.1155)
Luminance	0.7442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE699 #A199E6

analogous

#E6C899 #DEE699 #B7E699

triadic

#DEE699 #99DEE6 #E699DE

tetradic

#DEE699 #99E6C8 #A199E6 #E699B7

square

#DEE699 #99E6C8 #A199E6 #E699B7

split-complementary

#DEE699 #99B7E6 #C899E6

monochromatic

#BECE37 #CEDA68 #DEE699 #EEF2CA #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#DEE699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE699

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE699	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.099 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9edb8',
    500: '#dee699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee699;
$custom-light: #e9edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.234,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90112,
    "c": 0.09879,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE699

secondary

#6D63C0

accent

#1DC82F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE699

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

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