#dee6ae

Color #dee6ae

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 6.5 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#dee6ae

RGB

rgb(222, 230, 174)

HSL

hsl(68.6, 52.8%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.6, 24.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 24.3%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(89.48, -11.74, 26.47)

LCH

lch(89.48, 28.96, 113.92)

OKLCH

oklch(90.5%, 0.0736, 114.48)

HWB

hwb(68.6, 68.2%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6aee6

Analogous

#e6d2ae

#dee6ae

#c2e6ae

Triadic

#dee6ae

#aedee6

#e6aede

Split-complementary

#dee6ae

#aec2e6

#d2aee6

Tetradic

#dee6ae

#aee6b6

#b6aee6

#e6aede

Square

#dee6ae

#aee6d2

#b6aee6

#e6aec2

Shades

Color #dee6ae mixed toward black.

#c9d67b

#b4c647

#8b9a30

#5d6720

#2e3310

Tints

Color #dee6ae mixed toward white.

#e3eabb

#e9eec9

#eef2d6

#f4f7e4

#f9fbf1

Tones

Color #dee6ae mixed toward gray.

#dbe1b3

#d7ddb7

#d4d8bc

#d1d3c1

#cdcfc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e2e2be · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#e1e0c1 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#dec9cb · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#e1e1e1 · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dee6ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dee6ae]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#dee6ae (#dee6ae) is rgb(222, 230, 174) in RGB.

No, #dee6ae is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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