#DDE072#DDE072

#DDE072 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.134 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE072
RGB	rgb(221, 224, 114)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 49.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.95, -15.99, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.95, 55.34, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.0462 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.134 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.5130, 69.8997, 26.2733)
Luminance	0.6990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE072 #7572E0

analogous

#E0AC72 #DDE072 #A6E072

triadic

#DDE072 #72DDE0 #E072DD

tetradic

#DDE072 #72E0AC #7572E0 #E072A6

square

#DDE072 #72E0AC #7572E0 #E072A6

split-complementary

#DDE072 #72A6E0 #AC72E0

monochromatic

#ADB127 #D1D540 #DDE072 #E9EBA4 #F5F6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DDE072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#DDE072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE072

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE072	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 224, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.134 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e99d',
    500: '#dde072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde072;
$custom-light: #e9e99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.636,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88192,
    "c": 0.13356,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE072

secondary

#4744B2

accent

#1ACC1F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE072

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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