#DDE491#DDE491

#DDE491 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.106 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE491
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 145)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(65, 36%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 36.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.40, -14.81, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.40, 42.42, 110.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.0403 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.106 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.6735, 72.9041, 37.5529)
Luminance	0.7290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE491 #9891E4

analogous

#E4C191 #DDE491 #B3E491

triadic

#DDE491 #91DDE4 #E491DD

tetradic

#DDE491 #91E4C1 #9891E4 #E491B3

square

#DDE491 #91E4C1 #9891E4 #E491B3

split-complementary

#DDE491 #91B3E4 #C191E4

monochromatic

#BCC931 #CED860 #DDE491 #ECF0C2 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#DDE491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE491

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE491	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DF95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.106 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ecb2',
    500: '#dde491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde491;
$custom-light: #e8ecb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.06,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89481,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE491

secondary

#645CBD

accent

#1DC82C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE491

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

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