#DEE8A4#DEE8A4

#DEE8A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.088 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE8A4
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 164)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(69, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 29.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.82, -14.09, 32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.82, 35.01, 113.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.0374 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.088 115)
XYZ	xyz(65.6815, 75.9237, 46.3094)
Luminance	0.7592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE8A4 #AEA4E8

analogous

#E8D0A4 #DEE8A4 #BCE8A4

triadic

#DEE8A4 #A4DEE8 #E8A4DE

tetradic

#DEE8A4 #A4E8D0 #AEA4E8 #E8A4BC

square

#DEE8A4 #A4E8D0 #AEA4E8 #E8A4BC

split-complementary

#DEE8A4 #A4BCE8 #D0A4E8

monochromatic

#BBCF42 #CCDC73 #DEE8A4 #F0F4D5 #F6F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#DEE8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE8A4

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE8A4	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.088 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9efbf',
    500: '#dee8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee8a4;
$custom-light: #e9efbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.824,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90728,
    "c": 0.08847,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.75923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE8A4

secondary

#7A6DC3

accent

#1EC737

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF9

border

#D5D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE8A4

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

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