#DEE8A6#DEE8A6

#DEE8A6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.086 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE8A6
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 166)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(69, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 28.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -13.82, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 34.01, 113.98°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0366 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.086 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.8636, 75.9965, 47.2681)
Luminance	0.7600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE8A6 #B0A6E8

analogous

#E8D1A6 #DEE8A6 #BDE8A6

triadic

#DEE8A6 #A6DEE8 #E8A6DE

tetradic

#DEE8A6 #A6E8D1 #B0A6E8 #E8A6BD

square

#DEE8A6 #A6E8D1 #B0A6E8 #E8A6BD

split-complementary

#DEE8A6 #A6BDE8 #D1A6E8

monochromatic

#BACF45 #CCDB75 #DEE8A6 #F0F5D7 #F6F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#DEE8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE8A6

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE8A6	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.086 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9efc1',
    500: '#dee8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee8a6;
$custom-light: #e9efc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.091,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90766,
    "c": 0.08607,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE8A6

secondary

#7C6FC3

accent

#1FC738

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF9

border

#D5D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE8A6

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

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