#DEE97E#DEE97E

#DEE97E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.132 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE97E
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 126)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(66, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 45.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.54, -18.89, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.54, 53.88, 110.53°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0534 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.132 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.0299, 75.3147, 30.9514)
Luminance	0.7531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE97E #897EE9

analogous

#E9BE7E #DEE97E #A8E97E

triadic

#DEE97E #7EDEE9 #E97EDE

tetradic

#DEE97E #7EE9BE #897EE9 #E97EA8

square

#DEE97E #7EE9BE #897EE9 #E97EA8

split-complementary

#DEE97E #7EA8E9 #BE7EE9

monochromatic

#B9CA22 #D1E04A #DEE97E #EBF2B2 #F8FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEE97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#DEE97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE97E

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE97E	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)

#F7E075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.132 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf0a5',
    500: '#dee97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee97e;
$custom-light: #eaf0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.168,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90324,
    "c": 0.13201,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE97E

secondary

#5649C2

accent

#13D326

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE97E

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

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