#DEEC96#DEEC96

#DEEC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.110 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEC96
RGB	rgb(222, 236, 150)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(70, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.65, -17.79, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.65, 43.94, 113.88°)
OKLab	oklab(91.32% -0.0485 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(91.32% 0.11 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.6249, 77.7231, 40.3931)
Luminance	0.7772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEC96 #A496EC

analogous

#ECCF96 #DEEC96 #B3EC96

triadic

#DEEC96 #96DEEC #EC96DE

tetradic

#DEEC96 #96ECCF #A496EC #EC96B3

square

#DEEC96 #96ECCF #A496EC #EC96B3

split-complementary

#DEEC96 #96B3EC #CF96EC

monochromatic

#BDD92E #CEE362 #DEEC96 #EEF5CA #F7FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DEEC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#DEEC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEC96

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEC96	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deec96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 236, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.110 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2b6',
    500: '#deec96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deec96;
$custom-light: #e9f2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deec96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.767,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91317,
    "c": 0.11005,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEC96

secondary

#705FC7

accent

#14D133

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEC96

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

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