#DDE281#DDE281

#DDE281 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.121 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE281
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 42.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -15.55, 46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 49.21, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0436 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.121 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.9785, 71.3509, 31.3245)
Luminance	0.7135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE281 #8681E2

analogous

#E2B781 #DDE281 #ADE281

triadic

#DDE281 #81DDE2 #E281DD

tetradic

#DDE281 #81E2B7 #8681E2 #E281AD

square

#DDE281 #81E2B7 #8681E2 #E281AD

split-complementary

#DDE281 #81ADE2 #B781E2

monochromatic

#B6BD2C #D0D74F #DDE281 #EAEDB3 #F8F9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DDE281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#DDE281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE281

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE281	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDA79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DD86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.121 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eba7',
    500: '#dde281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde281;
$custom-light: #e9eba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.093,
    "s": 62.581,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88814,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE281

secondary

#534EBA

accent

#1BCA24

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE281

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

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