#DDE172#DDE172

#DDE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.135 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE172
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.21, -16.48, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.21, 55.79, 107.18°)
OKLab	oklab(88.4% -0.0476 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(88.4% 0.135 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.7825, 70.4387, 26.3631)
Luminance	0.7044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE172 #7672E1

analogous

#E1AE72 #DDE172 #A6E172

triadic

#DDE172 #72DDE1 #E172DD

tetradic

#DDE172 #72E1AE #7672E1 #E172A6

square

#DDE172 #72E1AE #7672E1 #E172A6

split-complementary

#DDE172 #72A6E1 #AE72E1

monochromatic

#AEB326 #D1D640 #DDE172 #E9ECA4 #F5F6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#DDE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE172

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE172	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.135 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea9d',
    500: '#dde172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde172;
$custom-light: #e9ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.162,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88403,
    "c": 0.1347,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE172

secondary

#4743B4

accent

#19CD1F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE172

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

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