#DEEC9E#DEEC9E

#DEEC9E is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.101 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEC9E
RGB	rgb(222, 236, 158)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(71, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.78, -16.82, 36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.78, 40.05, 114.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.45% -0.0454 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(91.45% 0.101 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.2912, 77.9896, 43.9023)
Luminance	0.7799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEC9E #AC9EEC

analogous

#ECD39E #DEEC9E #B7EC9E

triadic

#DEEC9E #9EDEEC #EC9EDE

tetradic

#DEEC9E #9EECD3 #AC9EEC #EC9EB7

square

#DEEC9E #9EECD3 #AC9EEC #EC9EB7

split-complementary

#DEEC9E #9EB7EC #D39EEC

monochromatic

#BBD838 #CDE26B #DEEC9E #EFF6D1 #F6FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DEEC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#DEEC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEC9E

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEC9E	1.00	1.27	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deec9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 236, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.101 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2bb',
    500: '#deec9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deec9e;
$custom-light: #e9f2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deec9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.769,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91454,
    "c": 0.10092,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEC9E

secondary

#7866C8

accent

#16CF38

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEC9E

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

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