#DEE799#DEE799

#DEE799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.100 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE799
RGB	rgb(222, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(67, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(67, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 33.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -14.97, 37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 39.94, 112.02°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0404 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.1 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.4501, 74.9820, 41.2086)
Luminance	0.7498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE799 #A299E7

analogous

#E7C999 #DEE799 #B7E799

triadic

#DEE799 #99DEE7 #E799DE

tetradic

#DEE799 #99E7C9 #A299E7 #E799B7

square

#DEE799 #99E7C9 #A299E7 #E799B7

split-complementary

#DEE799 #99B7E7 #C999E7

monochromatic

#BED036 #CEDB67 #DEE799 #EEF3CB #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEE799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#DEE799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE799

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE799	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.100 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eeb8',
    500: '#dee799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee799;
$custom-light: #e9eeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90321,
    "c": 0.10009,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE799

secondary

#6E63C1

accent

#1CCA30

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE799

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

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