#DDE196#DDE196

#DDE196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.096 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE196
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(63, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 33.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.69, -12.73, 36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.69, 38.48, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.94% -0.0341 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(88.94% 0.096 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.2494, 71.4255, 39.3555)
Luminance	0.7143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE196 #9A96E1

analogous

#E1BF96 #DDE196 #B7E196

triadic

#DDE196 #96DDE1 #E196DD

tetradic

#DDE196 #96E1BF #9A96E1 #E196B7

square

#DDE196 #96E1BF #9A96E1 #E196B7

split-complementary

#DDE196 #96B7E1 #BF96E1

monochromatic

#BDC438 #CED366 #DDE196 #ECEFC6 #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDE196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#DDE196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE196

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE196	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDB91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.096 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eab5',
    500: '#dde196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde196;
$custom-light: #e8eab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.2,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88941,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE196

secondary

#6661BA

accent

#22C32B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE196

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

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