#DEE98C#DEE98C

#DEE98C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.117 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE98C
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 140)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(67, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 39.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -17.45, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 47.26, 111.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0482 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.117 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.9973, 75.7016, 36.0464)
Luminance	0.7570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE98C #978CE9

analogous

#E9C58C #DEE98C #AFE98C

triadic

#DEE98C #8CDEE9 #E98CDE

tetradic

#DEE98C #8CE9C5 #978CE9 #E98CAF

square

#DEE98C #8CE9C5 #978CE9 #E98CAF

split-complementary

#DEE98C #8CAFE9 #C58CE9

monochromatic

#BED228 #CFDF59 #DEE98C #EDF3BF #F8FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#DEE98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE98C

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE98C	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.117 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0af',
    500: '#dee98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee98c;
$custom-light: #e9f0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.097,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90527,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE98C

secondary

#6356C3

accent

#16D02C

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE98C

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

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