#DEE992#DEE992

#DEE992 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.111 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE992
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 146)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(68, 37%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 37.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.81, -16.78, 41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.81, 44.37, 112.23°)
OKLab	oklab(90.62% -0.0459 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(90.62% 0.111 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.4518, 75.8835, 38.4402)
Luminance	0.7588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE992 #9D92E9

analogous

#E9C992 #DEE992 #B3E992

triadic

#DEE992 #92DEE9 #E992DE

tetradic

#DEE992 #92E9C9 #9D92E9 #E992B3

square

#DEE992 #92E9C9 #9D92E9 #E992B3

split-complementary

#DEE992 #92B3E9 #C992E9

monochromatic

#BFD42C #CFDF5F #DEE992 #EDF3C5 #F7FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#DEE992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE992

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE992	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E18C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.111 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0b3',
    500: '#dee992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee992;
$custom-light: #e9f0b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.586,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90622,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE992

secondary

#695CC3

accent

#17CE2E

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE992

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

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