#DEE997#DEE997

#DEE997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.105 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE997
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 151)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(68, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 35.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.88, -16.20, 38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.88, 41.93, 112.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.71% -0.044 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(90.71% 0.105 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.8493, 76.0424, 40.5335)
Luminance	0.7604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE997 #A297E9

analogous

#E9CB97 #DEE997 #B5E997

triadic

#DEE997 #97DEE9 #E997DE

tetradic

#DEE997 #97E9CB #A297E9 #E997B5

square

#DEE997 #97E9CB #A297E9 #E997B5

split-complementary

#DEE997 #97B5E9 #CB97E9

monochromatic

#BED432 #CEDE64 #DEE997 #EEF4CA #F7FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#DEE997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE997

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE997	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.105 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0b6',
    500: '#dee997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee997;
$custom-light: #e9f0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.049,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90705,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE997

secondary

#6E60C4

accent

#19CD31

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE997

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

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