#DEE98D#DEE98D

#DEE98D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.116 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE98D
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 141)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(67, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 39.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.73, -17.34, 43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.73, 46.78, 111.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.54% -0.0478 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(90.54% 0.116 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.0713, 75.7313, 36.4365)
Luminance	0.7573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE98D #988DE9

analogous

#E9C68D #DEE98D #B0E98D

triadic

#DEE98D #8DDEE9 #E98DDE

tetradic

#DEE98D #8DE9C6 #988DE9 #E98DB0

square

#DEE98D #8DE9C6 #988DE9 #E98DB0

split-complementary

#DEE98D #8DB0E9 #C68DE9

monochromatic

#BFD329 #CFDF5A #DEE98D #EDF3C0 #F8FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#DEE98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE98D

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE98D	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.116 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0af',
    500: '#dee98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee98d;
$custom-light: #e9f0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.174,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90542,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE98D

secondary

#6457C3

accent

#16D02C

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE98D

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

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