#DEE8A8#DEE8A8

#DEE8A8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.084 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE8A8
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 168)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(69, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 27.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.89, -13.56, 30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.89, 33.02, 114.25°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.0358 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.084 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.0484, 76.0705, 48.2418)
Luminance	0.7607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE8A8 #B2A8E8

analogous

#E8D2A8 #DEE8A8 #BEE8A8

triadic

#DEE8A8 #A8DEE8 #E8A8DE

tetradic

#DEE8A8 #A8E8D2 #B2A8E8 #E8A8BE

square

#DEE8A8 #A8E8D2 #B2A8E8 #E8A8BE

split-complementary

#DEE8A8 #A8BEE8 #D2A8E8

monochromatic

#B9CE47 #CCDB78 #DEE8A8 #F0F5D8 #F6F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DEE8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#DEE8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE8A8

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE8A8	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.084 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9efc2',
    500: '#dee8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee8a8;
$custom-light: #e9efc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.375,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90805,
    "c": 0.08366,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE8A8

secondary

#7E71C3

accent

#20C63A

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF9

border

#D5D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE8A8

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

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