#DEEE99#DEEE99

#DEEE99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.109 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEEE99
RGB	rgb(222, 238, 153)
HSL	hsl(71, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(71, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.22, -18.41, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.22, 43.51, 115.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.0501 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.109 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.4486, 78.9790, 41.8747)
Luminance	0.7898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEEE99 #A999EE

analogous

#EED499 #DEEE99 #B4EE99

triadic

#DEEE99 #99DEEE #EE99DE

tetradic

#DEEE99 #99EED4 #A999EE #EE99B4

square

#DEEE99 #99EED4 #A999EE #EE99B4

split-complementary

#DEEE99 #99B4EE #D499EE

monochromatic

#BCDD30 #CDE565 #DEEE99 #EFF7CD #F7FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#DEEE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#DEEE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEEE99

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEEE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEEE99	1.00	1.25	16.80	16.80
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deee99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 238, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.109 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f3b8',
    500: '#deee99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deee99;
$custom-light: #e9f3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deee99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.294,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91787,
    "c": 0.10933,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEEE99

secondary

#7561CA

accent

#12D336

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEEE99

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

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