#DEE97B#DEE97B

#DEE97B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.135 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE97B
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 123)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(66, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 47.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -19.18, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 55.27, 110.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% -0.0545 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.135 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.8392, 75.2384, 29.9472)
Luminance	0.7524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE97B #867BE9

analogous

#E9BD7B #DEE97B #A7E97B

triadic

#DEE97B #7BDEE9 #E97BDE

tetradic

#DEE97B #7BE9BD #867BE9 #E97BA7

square

#DEE97B #7BE9BD #867BE9 #E97BA7

split-complementary

#DEE97B #7BA7E9 #BD7BE9

monochromatic

#B8C821 #D1E047 #DEE97B #EBF2AF #F8FAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEE97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#DEE97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE97B

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE97B	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.135 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf0a3',
    500: '#dee97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee97b;
$custom-light: #eaf0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90284,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE97B

secondary

#5347C2

accent

#12D325

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE97B

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

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