#DEE8A5#DEE8A5

#DEE8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.087 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE8A5
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 165)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(69, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 28.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -13.96, 31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 34.51, 113.85°)
OKLab	oklab(90.75% -0.037 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(90.75% 0.087 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.7722, 75.9600, 46.7868)
Luminance	0.7596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE8A5 #AFA5E8

analogous

#E8D0A5 #DEE8A5 #BCE8A5

triadic

#DEE8A5 #A5DEE8 #E8A5DE

tetradic

#DEE8A5 #A5E8D0 #AFA5E8 #E8A5BC

square

#DEE8A5 #A5E8D0 #AFA5E8 #E8A5BC

split-complementary

#DEE8A5 #A5BCE8 #D0A5E8

monochromatic

#BACF44 #CCDC74 #DEE8A5 #F0F4D6 #F6F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#DEE8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE8A5

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE8A5	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.087 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9efc0',
    500: '#dee8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee8a5;
$custom-light: #e9efc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.955,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90747,
    "c": 0.08727,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE8A5

secondary

#7B6EC3

accent

#1FC738

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF9

border

#D5D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE8A5

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

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