#DEE8A1#DEE8A1

#DEE8A1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.092 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE8A1
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 161)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(68, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 30.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.77, -14.47, 33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.77, 36.50, 113.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.67% -0.0386 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(90.67% 0.092 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.4138, 75.8166, 44.8993)
Luminance	0.7582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE8A1 #ABA1E8

analogous

#E8CFA1 #DEE8A1 #BBE8A1

triadic

#DEE8A1 #A1DEE8 #E8A1DE

tetradic

#DEE8A1 #A1E8CF #ABA1E8 #E8A1BB

square

#DEE8A1 #A1E8CF #ABA1E8 #E8A1BB

split-complementary

#DEE8A1 #A1BBE8 #CFA1E8

monochromatic

#BBD03F #CDDC70 #DEE8A1 #EFF4D2 #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#DEE8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE8A1

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE8A1	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)

#F2E19C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E2A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.092 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9efbd',
    500: '#dee8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee8a1;
$custom-light: #e9efbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.451,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90673,
    "c": 0.09204,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE8A1

secondary

#776AC3

accent

#1DC835

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE8A1

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

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