#DDE16E#DDE16E

#DDE16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.139 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE16E
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 110)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 51%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 51.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.17, -16.82, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.17, 57.61, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.049 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.139 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.5598, 70.3497, 25.1902)
Luminance	0.7035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE16E #726EE1

analogous

#E1AB6E #DDE16E #A3E16E

triadic

#DDE16E #6EDDE1 #E16EDD

tetradic

#DDE16E #6EE1AB #726EE1 #E16EA3

square

#DDE16E #6EE1AB #726EE1 #E16EA3

split-complementary

#DDE16E #6EA3E1 #AB6EE1

monochromatic

#ABB024 #D1D73B #DDE16E #E9EBA1 #F5F6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#DDE16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE16E

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE16E	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.139 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea9b',
    500: '#dde16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde16e;
$custom-light: #eaea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.087,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88354,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE16E

secondary

#4642B2

accent

#18CE1E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE16E

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

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