#DDE499#DDE499

#DDE499 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.096 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE499
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 153)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(66, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 32.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.52, -13.86, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.52, 38.47, 111.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.0372 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.096 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.3122, 73.1596, 40.9168)
Luminance	0.7316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE499 #A099E4

analogous

#E4C699 #DDE499 #B8E499

triadic

#DDE499 #99DDE4 #E499DD

tetradic

#DDE499 #99E4C6 #A099E4 #E499B8

square

#DDE499 #99E4C6 #A099E4 #E499B8

split-complementary

#DDE499 #99B8E4 #C699E4

monochromatic

#BDCA38 #CDD769 #DDE499 #EDF1C9 #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DDE499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#DDE499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE499

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE499	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.096 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ecb7',
    500: '#dde499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde499;
$custom-light: #e8ecb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.6,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89618,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE499

secondary

#6C64BE

accent

#20C62F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE499

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

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