#DEE8AE#DEE8AE

#DEE8AE is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.076 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE8AE
RGB	rgb(222, 232, 174)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(70, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 25%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.00, -12.74, 27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.00, 30.01, 115.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0333 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.076 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.6203, 76.2992, 51.2538)
Luminance	0.7630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE8AE #B8AEE8

analogous

#E8D5AE #DEE8AE #C1E8AE

triadic

#DEE8AE #AEDEE8 #E8AEDE

tetradic

#DEE8AE #AEE8D5 #B8AEE8 #E8AEC1

square

#DEE8AE #AEE8D5 #B8AEE8 #E8AEC1

split-complementary

#DEE8AE #AEC1E8 #D5AEE8

monochromatic

#B7CD4F #CBDA7E #DEE8AE #F1F6DE #F5F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DEE8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#DEE8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE8AE

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE8AE	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 232, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.076 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8efc6',
    500: '#dee8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee8ae;
$custom-light: #e8efc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.345,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90924,
    "c": 0.07635,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE8AE

secondary

#8477C3

accent

#22C33E

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF9

border

#D5D6D2

text

#161613

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE8AE

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

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