#DEE899#DEE899

#DEE899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.101 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE899
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(68, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 34.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.65, -15.47, 37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.65, 40.45, 112.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0418 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.101 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.7308, 75.5434, 41.3021)
Luminance	0.7554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE899 #A399E8

analogous

#E8CA99 #DEE899 #B6E899

triadic

#DEE899 #99DEE8 #E899DE

tetradic

#DEE899 #99E8CA #A399E8 #E899B6

square

#DEE899 #99E8CA #A399E8 #E899B6

split-complementary

#DEE899 #99B6E8 #CA99E8

monochromatic

#BED135 #CEDD67 #DEE899 #EEF3CB #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#DEE899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE899

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE899	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.101 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9efb8',
    500: '#dee899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee899;
$custom-light: #e9efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.595,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9053,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE899

secondary

#6F63C3

accent

#1BCB31

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE899

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

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