#DEE5AA#DEE5AA

#DEE5AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.077 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE5AA
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 170)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(67, 26%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 25.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -11.79, 28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 30.45, 112.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0307 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.077 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.3989, 74.4711, 48.9515)
Luminance	0.7447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE5AA #B1AAE5

analogous

#E5CEAA #DEE5AA #C0E5AA

triadic

#DEE5AA #AADEE5 #E5AADE

tetradic

#DEE5AA #AAE5CE #B1AAE5 #E5AAC0

square

#DEE5AA #AAE5CE #B1AAE5 #E5AAC0

split-complementary

#DEE5AA #AAC0E5 #CEAAE5

monochromatic

#BAC84C #CCD77B #DEE5AA #F0F3D9 #F6F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#DEE5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE5AA

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE5AA	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDFA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.077 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edc3',
    500: '#dee5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee5aa;
$custom-light: #e8edc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.119,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90223,
    "c": 0.07717,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE5AA

secondary

#7D74BF

accent

#25C137

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE5AA

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

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