#DEE5AE#DEE5AE

#DEE5AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.072 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE5AE
RGB	rgb(222, 229, 174)
HSL	hsl(68, 51%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(68, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 24%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.22, -11.24, 26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.22, 28.43, 113.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0291 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.072 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.7831, 74.6247, 50.9747)
Luminance	0.7462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE5AE #B5AEE5

analogous

#E5D1AE #DEE5AE #C3E5AE

triadic

#DEE5AE #AEDEE5 #E5AEDE

tetradic

#DEE5AE #AEE5D1 #B5AEE5 #E5AEC3

square

#DEE5AE #AEE5D1 #B5AEE5 #E5AEC3

split-complementary

#DEE5AE #AEC3E5 #D1AEE5

monochromatic

#B8C751 #CBD680 #DEE5AE #F1F4DC #F6F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DEE5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#DEE5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE5AE

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE5AE	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDE0AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 229, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.072 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edc6',
    500: '#dee5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee5ae;
$custom-light: #e8edc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.636,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90304,
    "c": 0.07223,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE5AE

secondary

#8178BF

accent

#27BF3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE5AE

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

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