#DDE279#DDE279

#DDE279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.129 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE279
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(63, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 46.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.56, -16.33, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.56, 52.99, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.0465 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.129 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.4674, 71.1465, 28.6328)
Luminance	0.7115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE279 #7E79E2

analogous

#E2B279 #DDE279 #A8E279

triadic

#DDE279 #79DDE2 #E279DD

tetradic

#DDE279 #79E2B2 #7E79E2 #E279A8

square

#DDE279 #79E2B2 #7E79E2 #E279A8

split-complementary

#DDE279 #79A8E2 #B279E2

monochromatic

#B2B928 #D0D747 #DDE279 #EAEDAB #F7F8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DDE279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#DDE279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE279

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE279	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.129 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eba2',
    500: '#dde279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde279;
$custom-light: #e9eba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88703,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE279

secondary

#4C46B9

accent

#19CC22

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE279

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

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