#DEEC9D#DEEC9D

#DEEC9D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.102 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEC9D
RGB	rgb(222, 236, 157)
HSL	hsl(71, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(71, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -16.95, 36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 40.54, 114.71°)
OKLab	oklab(91.44% -0.0458 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(91.44% 0.102 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.2055, 77.9553, 43.4509)
Luminance	0.7795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEC9D #AB9DEC

analogous

#ECD39D #DEEC9D #B7EC9D

triadic

#DEEC9D #9DDEEC #EC9DDE

tetradic

#DEEC9D #9DECD3 #AB9DEC #EC9DB7

square

#DEEC9D #9DECD3 #AB9DEC #EC9DB7

split-complementary

#DEEC9D #9DB7EC #D39DEC

monochromatic

#BBD836 #CDE26A #DEEC9D #EFF6D0 #F6FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DEEC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#DEEC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEC9D

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEC9D	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deec9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 236, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.102 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2ba',
    500: '#deec9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deec9d;
$custom-light: #e9f2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deec9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.633,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91436,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEC9D

secondary

#7765C8

accent

#16CF37

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEC9D

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

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