#DDE2AD#DDE2AD

#DDE2AD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.070 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE2AD
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 173)
HSL	hsl(66, 48%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(66, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 23.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -10.24, 25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 27.41, 111.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0263 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.07 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.5576, 72.7826, 50.1746)
Luminance	0.7278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE2AD #B2ADE2

analogous

#E2CCAD #DDE2AD #C2E2AD

triadic

#DDE2AD #ADDDE2 #E2ADDD

tetradic

#DDE2AD #ADE2CC #B2ADE2 #E2ADC2

square

#DDE2AD #ADE2CC #B2ADE2 #E2ADC2

split-complementary

#DDE2AD #ADC2E2 #CCADE2

monochromatic

#B8C253 #CAD280 #DDE2AD #F0F2DA #F6F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#DDE2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE2AD

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE2AD	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EADDAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4DCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.070 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ebc5',
    500: '#dde2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde2ad;
$custom-light: #e8ebc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.66,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89587,
    "c": 0.06958,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE2AD

secondary

#7E78BB

accent

#2ABB38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE2AD

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

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