#DEE996#DEE996

#DEE996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.106 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE996
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 150)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(68, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 35.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -16.32, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 42.42, 112.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.69% -0.0443 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(90.69% 0.106 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.7684, 76.0101, 40.1077)
Luminance	0.7601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE996 #A196E9

analogous

#E9CB96 #DEE996 #B4E996

triadic

#DEE996 #96DEE9 #E996DE

tetradic

#DEE996 #96E9CB #A196E9 #E996B4

square

#DEE996 #96E9CB #A196E9 #E996B4

split-complementary

#DEE996 #96B4E9 #CB96E9

monochromatic

#BED431 #CEDE63 #DEE996 #EEF4C9 #F7FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#DEE996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE996

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE996	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)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.106 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0b6',
    500: '#dee996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee996;
$custom-light: #e9f0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.952,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90688,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE996

secondary

#6D60C4

accent

#18CD30

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE996

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

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