#DEE96E#DEE96E

#DEE96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.147 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE96E
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 110)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.36, -20.33, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.36, 61.15, 109.42°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.059 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.147 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.0788, 74.9343, 25.9423)
Luminance	0.7493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE96E #796EE9

analogous

#E9B76E #DEE96E #A0E96E

triadic

#DEE96E #6EDEE9 #E96EDE

tetradic

#DEE96E #6EE9B7 #796EE9 #E96EA0

square

#DEE96E #6EE9B7 #796EE9 #E96EA0

split-complementary

#DEE96E #6EA0E9 #B76EE9

monochromatic

#B1C01D #D2E139 #DEE96E #EAF1A3 #F6F9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEE96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#DEE96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE96E

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE96E	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.147 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef9b',
    500: '#dee96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee96e;
$custom-light: #eaef9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.366,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90124,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE96E

secondary

#483DBE

accent

#10D621

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE96E

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

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