#DEE6AE#DEE6AE

#DEE6AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.074 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE6AE
RGB	rgb(222, 230, 174)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(69, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 24.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.48, -11.74, 26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.48, 28.96, 113.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.0305 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.074 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.0606, 75.1797, 51.0672)
Luminance	0.7518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE6AE #B6AEE6

analogous

#E6D2AE #DEE6AE #C2E6AE

triadic

#DEE6AE #AEDEE6 #E6AEDE

tetradic

#DEE6AE #AEE6D2 #B6AEE6 #E6AEC2

square

#DEE6AE #AEE6D2 #B6AEE6 #E6AEC2

split-complementary

#DEE6AE #AEC2E6 #D2AEE6

monochromatic

#B8C950 #CBD87F #DEE6AE #F1F4DD #F5F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DEE6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#DEE6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE6AE

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE6AE	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEE0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 230, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.074 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edc6',
    500: '#dee6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee6ae;
$custom-light: #e8edc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9051,
    "c": 0.07359,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE6AE

secondary

#8278C1

accent

#25C03B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE6AE

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

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