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#DAEAAE — Light Green

#DAEAAE is a green color we call Light Green, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #DAEAAE when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DAEAAE is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BEAEEA; it also sits naturally between #EADCAE and #BCEAAE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DAEAAE · RGB 218, 234, 174

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Color values

HEX#DAEAAE
RGB218, 234, 174
HSL76°, 59%, 80%
HSV76°, 26%, 92%
CMYK7%, 0%, 26%, 8%
XYZ65.98, 76.81, 51.39
Yxy76.81, 0.3398, 0.3956
CIE-Lab90.23, -15.19, 27.44
Hunter Lab87.64, -14.54, 22.65

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 92% · Blue 68%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 26% · Key 8%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DAEAAE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DAEAAE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DAEAAE

.text { color: #DAEAAE; }
.background { background-color: #DAEAAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DAEAAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 234, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(76, 59%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DAEAAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 234, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DAEAAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 234, 174, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DAEAAE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DAEAAE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DAEAAE

#CBE28D#BEDA71#B0D251#A3CB34#89AA2C#6F8A24#586D1C#3E4D14#27310D#0D1004

Tints of #DAEAAE

#DEECB6#E0EDBA#E3EFC2#E5F0C6#E9F2CE#EDF5D6#EEF6DB#F2F8E3#F4F9E7#F8FBEF

Tones of #DAEAAE

#D8E6B2#D6E1B7#D4DDBB#D2D9BF#D0D5C3#CED0C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BEAEEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.28:1 Fails
Against black text16.36:1 AAA

Best text color on #DAEAAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DAEAAE

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DAEAAE: ·

How #DAEAAE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #E1E1BDDeuteranopia · #E0DFC0Tritanopia · #DBC8CB

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DAEAAE rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Cinder
#3D1F94 · #5150DA · #9AC128 · #DCE7AD
Tranquil Ruby Twilight
#6FB51D · #4C9EE3 · #E24A9C · #D5E8AB
Palette 191a19
#191A19 · #1E5128 · #4E9F3D · #D8E9A8
Smoky Cascade
#C9B2E7 · #ECAFD2 · #F3E4DA · #D5EAB3
Dusty Ruby Cascade
#A2B024 · #27ADBC · #DD59D0 · #D6E4AB
Amber Ruby Zephyr
#739A1A · #239ACE · #C52293 · #D3E7AA

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#DCE7AD#D5E8AB#D8E9A8#D5EAB3#D6E4AB#D3E7AA#D5E7B5#D2F0AD#E3EEB2#DFE7B7#D9E6A4#E3F0AF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DAEAAD  ·  #DAEAAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DAEAAE?

#DAEAAE is Light Green, a green color (RGB 218, 234, 174). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DAEAAE?

#DAEAAE is RGB 218, 234, 174 — HSL 76°, 59%, 80% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 26%, 8%.

What colors go with #DAEAAE?

Its complement is #BEAEEA; analogous partners are #EADCAE and #BCEAAE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DAEAAE for text?

Black text on #DAEAAE has a contrast ratio of 16.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.28:1.