#DDE299#DDE299

#DDE299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.094 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE299
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(64, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 32.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.00, -12.87, 35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.00, 37.48, 110.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.2% -0.0343 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(89.2% 0.094 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.7652, 72.0656, 40.7344)
Luminance	0.7207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE299 #9E99E2

analogous

#E2C399 #DDE299 #B9E299

triadic

#DDE299 #99DDE2 #E299DD

tetradic

#DDE299 #99E2C3 #9E99E2 #E299B9

square

#DDE299 #99E2C3 #9E99E2 #E299B9

split-complementary

#DDE299 #99B9E2 #C399E2

monochromatic

#BDC73A #CDD469 #DDE299 #EDF0C9 #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#DDE299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE299

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE299	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.094 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ebb7',
    500: '#dde299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde299;
$custom-light: #e8ebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.11,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89201,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE299

secondary

#6A64BB

accent

#22C32D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE299

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

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