#DEE98B#DEE98B

#DEE98B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.118 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE98B
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 139)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(67, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 40.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.71, -17.56, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.71, 47.74, 111.58°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.0486 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.118 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.9239, 75.6723, 35.6598)
Luminance	0.7567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE98B #968BE9

analogous

#E9C58B #DEE98B #AFE98B

triadic

#DEE98B #8BDEE9 #E98BDE

tetradic

#DEE98B #8BE9C5 #968BE9 #E98BAF

square

#DEE98B #8BE9C5 #968BE9 #E98BAF

split-complementary

#DEE98B #8BAFE9 #C58BE9

monochromatic

#BED228 #CFDF58 #DEE98B #EDF3BE #F8FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#DEE98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE98B

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE98B	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.118 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0ae',
    500: '#dee98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee98b;
$custom-light: #e9f0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.021,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90511,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE98B

secondary

#6255C3

accent

#15D02B

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE98B

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

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