#DDE495#DDE495

#DDE495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.101 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE495
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(65, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 34.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.46, -14.35, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.46, 40.45, 110.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.55% -0.0388 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(89.55% 0.101 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.9874, 73.0297, 39.2059)
Luminance	0.7303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE495 #9C95E4

analogous

#E4C495 #DDE495 #B6E495

triadic

#DDE495 #95DDE4 #E495DD

tetradic

#DDE495 #95E4C4 #9C95E4 #E495B6

square

#DDE495 #95E4C4 #9C95E4 #E495B6

split-complementary

#DDE495 #95B6E4 #C495E4

monochromatic

#BECB34 #CDD864 #DDE495 #EDF0C6 #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#DDE495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE495

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE495	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.101 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ecb5',
    500: '#dde495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde495;
$custom-light: #e8ecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.316,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89548,
    "c": 0.10103,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE495

secondary

#6860BD

accent

#1EC72D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE495

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

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