#DEE96C#DEE96C

#DEE96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.149 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE96C
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 108)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.34, -20.50, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.34, 62.03, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0597 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.149 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.9711, 74.8912, 25.3753)
Luminance	0.7489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE96C #776CE9

analogous

#E9B66C #DEE96C #A0E96C

triadic

#DEE96C #6CDEE9 #E96CDE

tetradic

#DEE96C #6CE9B6 #776CE9 #E96CA0

square

#DEE96C #6CE9B6 #776CE9 #E96CA0

split-complementary

#DEE96C #6CA0E9 #B66CE9

monochromatic

#B0BE1C #D2E137 #DEE96C #EAF1A1 #F6F9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEE96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#DEE96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE96C

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE96C	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.149 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef9a',
    500: '#dee96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee96c;
$custom-light: #ebef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90102,
    "c": 0.14924,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE96C

secondary

#473CBD

accent

#0FD621

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE96C

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

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