#DDE278#DDE278

#DDE278 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.130 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE278
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 120)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(63, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 46.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.54, -16.43, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.54, 53.46, 107.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.69% -0.0469 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(88.69% 0.13 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.4064, 71.1221, 28.3115)
Luminance	0.7112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE278 #7D78E2

analogous

#E2B278 #DDE278 #A8E278

triadic

#DDE278 #78DDE2 #E278DD

tetradic

#DDE278 #78E2B2 #7D78E2 #E278A8

square

#DDE278 #78E2B2 #7D78E2 #E278A8

split-complementary

#DDE278 #78A8E2 #B278E2

monochromatic

#B1B828 #D0D746 #DDE278 #EAEDAA #F6F8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DDE278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#DDE278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE278

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE278	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.130 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eba1',
    500: '#dde278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde278;
$custom-light: #e9eba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.83,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8869,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE278

secondary

#4B46B9

accent

#19CC22

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE278

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

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