#DEE8AA#DEE8AA

#DEE8AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.081 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE8AA
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 170)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(70, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 26.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.93, -13.29, 29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.93, 32.02, 114.53°)
OKLab	oklab(90.84% -0.035 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(90.84% 0.081 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.2362, 76.1456, 49.2306)
Luminance	0.7614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE8AA #B4AAE8

analogous

#E8D3AA #DEE8AA #BFE8AA

triadic

#DEE8AA #AADEE8 #E8AADE

tetradic

#DEE8AA #AAE8D3 #B4AAE8 #E8AABF

square

#DEE8AA #AAE8D3 #B4AAE8 #E8AABF

split-complementary

#DEE8AA #AABFE8 #D3AAE8

monochromatic

#B9CE4A #CBDB7A #DEE8AA #F1F5DA #F6F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DEE8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#DEE8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE8AA

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE8AA	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.081 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9efc3',
    500: '#dee8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee8aa;
$custom-light: #e9efc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90844,
    "c": 0.08124,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE8AA

secondary

#8073C3

accent

#21C53B

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF9

border

#D5D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE8AA

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

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