#DDE16C#DDE16C

#DDE16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.140 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE16C
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 52%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.15, -16.99, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.15, 58.51, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.33% -0.0497 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(88.33% 0.14 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.4521, 70.3066, 24.6232)
Luminance	0.7030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE16C #706CE1

analogous

#E1AA6C #DDE16C #A3E16C

triadic

#DDE16C #6CDDE1 #E16CDD

tetradic

#DDE16C #6CE1AA #706CE1 #E16CA3

square

#DDE16C #6CE1AA #706CE1 #E16CA3

split-complementary

#DDE16C #6CA3E1 #AA6CE1

monochromatic

#AAAF24 #D1D739 #DDE16C #E9EB9F #F5F6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#DDE16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE16C

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE16C	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.140 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea99',
    500: '#dde16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde16c;
$custom-light: #eaea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.051,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8833,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE16C

secondary

#4541B0

accent

#18CE1E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE16C

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

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