#DEE896#DEE896

#DEE896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.105 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE896
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 150)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(67, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 35.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.60, -15.83, 38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.60, 41.92, 112.18°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0429 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.105 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.4861, 75.4455, 40.0136)
Luminance	0.7544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE896 #A096E8

analogous

#E8C996 #DEE896 #B5E896

triadic

#DEE896 #96DEE8 #E896DE

tetradic

#DEE896 #96E8C9 #A096E8 #E896B5

square

#DEE896 #96E8C9 #A096E8 #E896B5

split-complementary

#DEE896 #96B5E8 #C996E8

monochromatic

#BED232 #CEDD64 #DEE896 #EEF3C8 #F7FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEE896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#DEE896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE896

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE896	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.105 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9efb6',
    500: '#dee896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee896;
$custom-light: #e9efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.317,
    "s": 64.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90478,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE896

secondary

#6C60C2

accent

#1ACC2F

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE896

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

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