#DEE97D#DEE97D

#DEE97D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.133 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE97D
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 125)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(66, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 46.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.53, -18.99, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.53, 54.35, 110.45°)
OKLab	oklab(90.31% -0.0538 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(90.31% 0.133 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.9657, 75.2890, 30.6133)
Luminance	0.7529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE97D #887DE9

analogous

#E9BE7D #DEE97D #A8E97D

triadic

#DEE97D #7DDEE9 #E97DDE

tetradic

#DEE97D #7DE9BE #887DE9 #E97DA8

square

#DEE97D #7DE9BE #887DE9 #E97DA8

split-complementary

#DEE97D #7DA8E9 #BE7DE9

monochromatic

#B8CA22 #D1E049 #DEE97D #EBF2B1 #F8FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEE97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#DEE97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE97D

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE97D	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.133 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf0a5',
    500: '#dee97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee97d;
$custom-light: #eaf0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.111,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90311,
    "c": 0.13302,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE97D

secondary

#5548C2

accent

#12D326

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE97D

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

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