#DEE9AA#DEE9AA

#DEE9AA is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.083 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEE9AA
RGB	rgb(222, 233, 170)
HSL	hsl(70, 59%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(70, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 27%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.19, -13.79, 29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.19, 32.54, 115.06°)
OKLab	oklab(91.05% -0.0364 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(91.05% 0.083 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.5185, 76.7101, 49.3247)
Luminance	0.7671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEE9AA #B5AAE9

analogous

#E9D5AA #DEE9AA #BFE9AA

triadic

#DEE9AA #AADEE9 #E9AADE

tetradic

#DEE9AA #AAE9D5 #B5AAE9 #E9AABF

square

#DEE9AA #AAE9D5 #B5AAE9 #E9AABF

split-complementary

#DEE9AA #AABFE9 #D5AAE9

monochromatic

#B8D049 #CBDC79 #DEE9AA #F1F6DB #F6F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DEE9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#DEE9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEE9AA

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEE9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEE9AA	1.00	1.29	16.34	16.34
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dee9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 233, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.083 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0c3',
    500: '#dee9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dee9aa;
$custom-light: #e9f0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dee9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.476,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91052,
    "c": 0.08261,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEE9AA

secondary

#8173C5

accent

#1FC73C

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF9

border

#D5D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEE9AA

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

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