#DEE8A9#DEE8A9

#DEE8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.082 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE8A9
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 169)
HSL	hsl(70, 58%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(70, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 27.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.91, -13.43, 29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.91, 32.52, 114.39°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0354 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.082 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.1420, 76.1079, 48.7343)
Luminance	0.7611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE8A9 #B3A9E8

analogous

#E8D2A9 #DEE8A9 #BEE8A9

triadic

#DEE8A9 #A9DEE8 #E8A9DE

tetradic

#DEE8A9 #A9E8D2 #B3A9E8 #E8A9BE

square

#DEE8A9 #A9E8D2 #B3A9E8 #E8A9BE

split-complementary

#DEE8A9 #A9BEE8 #D2A9E8

monochromatic

#B9CE48 #CBDB79 #DEE8A9 #F1F5D9 #F6F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DEE8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#DEE8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE8A9

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE8A9	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.082 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9efc3',
    500: '#dee8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee8a9;
$custom-light: #e9efc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.524,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90824,
    "c": 0.08245,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE8A9

secondary

#7F72C3

accent

#20C53A

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF9

border

#D5D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE8A9

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

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