#DEE96D#DEE96D

#DEE96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.148 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE96D
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 109)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -20.41, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 61.59, 109.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.11% -0.0593 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(90.11% 0.148 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.0246, 74.9126, 25.6572)
Luminance	0.7491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE96D #786DE9

analogous

#E9B66D #DEE96D #A0E96D

triadic

#DEE96D #6DDEE9 #E96DDE

tetradic

#DEE96D #6DE9B6 #786DE9 #E96DA0

square

#DEE96D #6DE9B6 #786DE9 #E96DA0

split-complementary

#DEE96D #6DA0E9 #B66DE9

monochromatic

#B0BF1D #D2E138 #DEE96D #EAF1A2 #F6F9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEE96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#DEE96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE96D

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE96D	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)

#F8DF61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.148 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef9a',
    500: '#dee96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee96d;
$custom-light: #eaef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.323,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90113,
    "c": 0.14834,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE96D

secondary

#483CBE

accent

#10D621

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE96D

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

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