#DDE27D#DDE27D

#DDE27D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.125 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE27D
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 125)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(63, 45%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 44.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.60, -15.95, 48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.60, 51.11, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(88.76% -0.0451 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(88.76% 0.125 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.7178, 71.2467, 29.9515)
Luminance	0.7125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE27D #827DE2

analogous

#E2B57D #DDE27D #ABE27D

triadic

#DDE27D #7DDDE2 #E27DDD

tetradic

#DDE27D #7DE2B5 #827DE2 #E27DAB

square

#DDE27D #7DE2B5 #827DE2 #E27DAB

split-complementary

#DDE27D #7DABE2 #B57DE2

monochromatic

#B4BB2A #D0D74B #DDE27D #EAEDAF #F7F8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DDE27D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#DDE27D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE27D

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE27D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE27D	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DD82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde27d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.125 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eba4',
    500: '#dde27d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde27d;
$custom-light: #e9eba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde27d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.97,
    "s": 63.522,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88758,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE27D

secondary

#4F4AB9

accent

#1ACB23

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE27D

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

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