#dee2a8

Color #dee2a8

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 5.2 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#dee2a8

RGB

rgb(222, 226, 168)

HSL

hsl(64.1, 50%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.1, 25.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 25.7%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(88.33, -10.56, 27.99)

LCH

lch(88.33, 29.92, 110.67)

OKLCH

oklch(89.6%, 0.0757, 111.14)

HWB

hwb(64.1, 65.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aca8e2

Analogous

#e2c9a8

#dee2a8

#c1e2a8

Triadic

#dee2a8

#a8dee2

#e2a8de

Split-complementary

#dee2a8

#a8c1e2

#c9a8e2

Tetradic

#dee2a8

#a8e2ac

#aca8e2

#e2a8de

Square

#dee2a8

#a8e2c9

#aca8e2

#e2a8c1

Shades

Color #dee2a8 mixed toward black.

#cbd277

#b9c146

#8d9431

#5e6321

#2f3110

Tints

Color #dee2a8 mixed toward white.

#e4e7b7

#e9ecc5

#eff1d4

#f4f5e2

#fafaf1

Tones

Color #dee2a8 mixed toward gray.

#daddad

#d6d8b2

#d2d4b7

#cdcfbb

#c9cac0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e0e0b8 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#e0dfbc · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#dec4c6 · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#dedede · ΔE 18.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #dee2a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dee2a8]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#dee2a8 (#dee2a8) is rgb(222, 226, 168) in RGB.

No, #dee2a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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