#DEEC9F#DEEC9F

#DEEC9F is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.100 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEC9F
RGB	rgb(222, 236, 159)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(71, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 32.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -16.70, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 39.56, 114.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.47% -0.045 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(91.47% 0.1 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.3776, 78.0242, 44.3575)
Luminance	0.7802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEC9F #AD9FEC

analogous

#ECD49F #DEEC9F #B8EC9F

triadic

#DEEC9F #9FDEEC #EC9FDE

tetradic

#DEEC9F #9FECD4 #AD9FEC #EC9FB8

square

#DEEC9F #9FECD4 #AD9FEC #EC9FB8

split-complementary

#DEEC9F #9FB8EC #D49FEC

monochromatic

#BBD839 #CCE26C #DEEC9F #F0F6D2 #F6FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#DEEC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#DEEC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEC9F

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEC9F	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	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)

#F6E49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deec9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 236, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.100 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2bc',
    500: '#deec9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deec9f;
$custom-light: #e9f2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deec9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91471,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEC9F

secondary

#7967C8

accent

#17CF38

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEC9F

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

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