#DEE8A0#DEE8A0

#DEE8A0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.093 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE8A0
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 160)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(68, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 31%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.76, -14.60, 33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.76, 36.99, 113.25°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.039 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.093 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.3260, 75.7815, 44.4368)
Luminance	0.7578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE8A0 #AAA0E8

analogous

#E8CEA0 #DEE8A0 #BAE8A0

triadic

#DEE8A0 #A0DEE8 #E8A0DE

tetradic

#DEE8A0 #A0E8CE #AAA0E8 #E8A0BA

square

#DEE8A0 #A0E8CE #AAA0E8 #E8A0BA

split-complementary

#DEE8A0 #A0BAE8 #CEA0E8

monochromatic

#BCD03D #CDDC6F #DEE8A0 #EFF4D1 #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#DEE8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE8A0

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE8A0	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E2A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.093 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9efbc',
    500: '#dee8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee8a0;
$custom-light: #e9efbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.333,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90654,
    "c": 0.09323,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE8A0

secondary

#7669C3

accent

#1DC935

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE8A0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →