#DDE17C#DDE17C

#DDE17C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.125 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE17C
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 124)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 45%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 44.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.33, -15.55, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.33, 51.12, 107.71°)
OKLab	oklab(88.53% -0.0441 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(88.53% 0.125 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.3831, 70.6790, 29.5264)
Luminance	0.7068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE17C #807CE1

analogous

#E1B27C #DDE17C #AAE17C

triadic

#DDE17C #7CDDE1 #E17CDD

tetradic

#DDE17C #7CE1B2 #807CE1 #E17CAA

square

#DDE17C #7CE1B2 #807CE1 #E17CAA

split-complementary

#DDE17C #7CAAE1 #B27CE1

monochromatic

#B3B82A #D0D64A #DDE17C #EAECAE #F7F8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#DDE17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE17C

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE17C	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.125 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eaa4',
    500: '#dde17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde17c;
$custom-light: #e9eaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.376,
    "s": 62.733,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88534,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE17C

secondary

#4D49B8

accent

#1BCA22

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE17C

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

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