#DEE995#DEE995

#DEE995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.107 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE995
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 149)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(68, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 36.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.85, -16.44, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.85, 42.91, 112.52°)
OKLab	oklab(90.67% -0.0447 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(90.67% 0.107 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.6882, 75.9780, 39.6854)
Luminance	0.7598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE995 #A095E9

analogous

#E9CA95 #DEE995 #B4E995

triadic

#DEE995 #95DEE9 #E995DE

tetradic

#DEE995 #95E9CA #A095E9 #E995B4

square

#DEE995 #95E9CA #A095E9 #E995B4

split-complementary

#DEE995 #95B4E9 #CA95E9

monochromatic

#BED430 #CEDE62 #DEE995 #EEF4C8 #F7FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#DEE995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE995

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE995	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.107 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0b5',
    500: '#dee995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee995;
$custom-light: #e9f0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.857,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90671,
    "c": 0.10726,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE995

secondary

#6C5FC4

accent

#18CD30

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE995

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

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