#dee59d

Color #dee59d

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 7.38 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#dee59d

RGB

rgb(222, 229, 157)

HSL

hsl(65.8, 58.1%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.8, 31.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 31.4%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(88.92, -13.49, 34.41)

LCH

lch(88.92, 36.96, 111.41)

OKLCH

oklch(90%, 0.0928, 112.75)

HWB

hwb(65.8, 61.6%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a49de5

Analogous

#e5c89d

#dee59d

#bae59d

Triadic

#dee59d

#9ddee5

#e59dde

Split-complementary

#dee59d

#9dbae5

#c89de5

Tetradic

#dee59d

#9de5a4

#a49de5

#e59dde

Square

#dee59d

#9de5c8

#a49de5

#e59dba

Shades

Color #dee59d mixed toward black.

#cdd86a

#bcca37

#8e9928

#5f661b

#2f330d

Tints

Color #dee59d mixed toward white.

#e4e9ad

#e9eebe

#eff2ce

#f4f6de

#fafbef

Tones

Color #dee59d mixed toward gray.

#d9dfa3

#d4d9a9

#d0d3af

#cbcdb5

#c6c7bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e1e1b2 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#e1e0b7 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#dec1c4 · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#dfdfdf · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dee59d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dee59d]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#dee59d (#dee59d) is rgb(222, 229, 157) in RGB.

No, #dee59d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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