#DEE89B#DEE89B

#DEE89B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.099 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE89B
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 155)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(68, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 33.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.68, -15.22, 36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.68, 39.46, 112.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.041 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.099 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.8974, 75.6100, 42.1794)
Luminance	0.7561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE89B #A59BE8

analogous

#E8CB9B #DEE89B #B7E89B

triadic

#DEE89B #9BDEE8 #E89BDE

tetradic

#DEE89B #9BE8CB #A59BE8 #E89BB7

square

#DEE89B #9BE8CB #A59BE8 #E89BB7

split-complementary

#DEE89B #9BB7E8 #CB9BE8

monochromatic

#BDD137 #CEDD69 #DEE89B #EEF3CD #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#DEE89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE89B

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE89B	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.099 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9efb9',
    500: '#dee89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee89b;
$custom-light: #e9efb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.792,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90565,
    "c": 0.09907,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE89B

secondary

#7165C3

accent

#1BCA32

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE89B

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

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