#DDE296#DDE296

#DDE296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.097 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE296
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 150)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(64, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 33.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.95, -13.23, 36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.95, 38.97, 109.85°)
OKLab	oklab(89.15% -0.0355 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(89.15% 0.097 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.5205, 71.9677, 39.4459)
Luminance	0.7197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE296 #9B96E2

analogous

#E2C196 #DDE296 #B7E296

triadic

#DDE296 #96DDE2 #E296DD

tetradic

#DDE296 #96E2C1 #9B96E2 #E296B7

square

#DDE296 #96E2C1 #9B96E2 #E296B7

split-complementary

#DDE296 #96B7E2 #C196E2

monochromatic

#BDC737 #CDD566 #DDE296 #EDEFC6 #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#DDE296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE296

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE296	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDB91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.097 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ebb5',
    500: '#dde296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde296;
$custom-light: #e8ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.947,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89149,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE296

secondary

#6761BB

accent

#21C42C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE296

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

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