#DEEC99#DEEC99

#DEEC99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.107 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEC99
RGB	rgb(222, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(70, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.70, -17.43, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.70, 42.48, 114.23°)
OKLab	oklab(91.37% -0.0474 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(91.37% 0.107 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.8695, 77.8209, 41.6817)
Luminance	0.7782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEC99 #A799EC

analogous

#ECD199 #DEEC99 #B5EC99

triadic

#DEEC99 #99DEEC #EC99DE

tetradic

#DEEC99 #99ECD1 #A799EC #EC99B5

square

#DEEC99 #99ECD1 #A799EC #EC99B5

split-complementary

#DEEC99 #99B5EC #D199EC

monochromatic

#BDD932 #CDE265 #DEEC99 #EFF6CD #F7FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DEEC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#DEEC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEC99

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEC99	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.107 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2b8',
    500: '#deec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deec99;
$custom-light: #e9f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.12,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91367,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEC99

secondary

#7362C8

accent

#15D135

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEC99

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

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