#DDE169#DDE169

#DDE169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.143 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE169
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 53.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.12, -17.23, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.12, 59.85, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0507 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.143 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.2952, 70.2438, 23.7967)
Luminance	0.7024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE169 #6D69E1

analogous

#E1A969 #DDE169 #A1E169

triadic

#DDE169 #69DDE1 #E169DD

tetradic

#DDE169 #69E1A9 #6D69E1 #E169A1

square

#DDE169 #69E1A9 #6D69E1 #E169A1

split-complementary

#DDE169 #69A1E1 #A969E1

monochromatic

#A8AD23 #D1D736 #DDE169 #E9EB9C #F4F5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DDE169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#DDE169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE169

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE169	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D85D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.143 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea97',
    500: '#dde169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde169;
$custom-light: #eaea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88296,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE169

secondary

#4340AF

accent

#17CF1D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE169

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

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