HEX atlas value

#DFEAB8

#DFEAB8 is a cool green HEX color nearest Pale Goldenrod. RGB 223, 234, 184, HSL 73° 54% 82%, luminance 0.7799; view contrast and conversions.

green cool balanced

#DFEAB8 Sample readable text

HEX #DFEAB8

RGB rgb(223, 234, 184)

HSL hsl(73 54% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(5, 0, 21, 8)

Luminance 0.7799

Contrast Black 16.6:1White 1.27:1

CSS

--color-dfeab8: #DFEAB8;
.background-dfeab8 { background-color: #DFEAB8; }
.text-dfeab8 { color: #DFEAB8; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DFEAB8

#DFEAB8 is classified as a cool green value with balanced visual character. #DFEAB8 is visually closest to Pale Goldenrod, a named yellow color with HEX #EEE8AA.

The RGB channels are 223, 234, and 184, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 73deg with 54% saturation and 82% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and botanical and wellness palettes. Its luminance is 0.7799, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 20.62, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text16.6:1AA Pass

White text1.27:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DFEAB8 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.6:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.27:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #E5F4AE#E5F4AE · #000000 text · best 17.88:1 Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA · #000000 text · best 16.76:1 Vanilla#F3E5AB · #000000 text · best 16.61:1 Vellum#EFE3C8 · #000000 text · best 16.49:1

Generated Palette

#DFEAB8#DFEAB8

#C3B8EA#C3B8EA

#EADCB8#EADCB8

#C6EAB8#C6EAB8

White#FFFFFF

#BFD572#BFD572

Color Harmonies

#C3B8EA#C3B8EA

#EADCB8#EADCB8

#C6EAB8#C6EAB8

#B8DFEA#B8DFEA

#EAB8DF#EAB8DF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#BFD572#BFD572

#E5F4AE#E5F4AE

#D9E0C2#D9E0C2

White#FFFFFF

#F4FFCC#F4FFCC

Nearest Named Colors

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Pearl#EAE0C8

Bone#E3DAC9

Vellum#EFE3C8

Vanilla#F3E5AB

Luminance0.7799

Black text16.6:1AA Pass

White text1.27:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#DFEAB8","rgb":[223,234,184],"hsl":[73,54,82],"cmyk":[5,0,21,8],"luminance":0.7799,"contrast":{"black":16.6,"white":1.27}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.6,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.27,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E5F4AE","hex":"#E5F4AE","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.88,"contrastWhite":1.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.76,"contrastWhite":1.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.61,"contrastWhite":1.26,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.49,"contrastWhite":1.27,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","balanced","balanced green","Pale Goldenrod adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/dfeab8.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-goldenrod.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pearl.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bone.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#C3B8EA","analogous":["#EADCB8","#C6EAB8"],"triadic":["#B8DFEA","#EAB8DF"],"tetradic":["#B8EADC","#C3B8EA","#EAB8C6"],"splitComplementary":["#B8C6EA","#DCB8EA"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#DFEAB8","#BFD572"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#BFD572","saturated":"#E5F4AE","desaturated":"#D9E0C2","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#F4FFCC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":20.615528128088304},{"slug":"pearl","name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","distance":21.840329667841555},{"slug":"bone","name":"Bone","hex":"#E3DAC9","distance":23.68543856465402},{"slug":"vellum","name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","distance":23.68543856465402},{"slug":"vanilla","name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","distance":24.372115213907882}]

#DFEAB8

CSS

About #DFEAB8

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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