#DDE591#DDE591

#DDE591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.107 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE591
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(66, 37%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 36.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.66, -15.31, 40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.66, 42.91, 110.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.69% -0.0417 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(89.69% 0.107 113)
XYZ	xyz(62.9494, 73.4559, 37.6448)
Luminance	0.7346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE591 #9991E5

analogous

#E5C391 #DDE591 #B3E591

triadic

#DDE591 #91DDE5 #E591DD

tetradic

#DDE591 #91E5C3 #9991E5 #E591B3

square

#DDE591 #91E5C3 #9991E5 #E591B3

split-complementary

#DDE591 #91B3E5 #C391E5

monochromatic

#BDCB30 #CED95F #DDE591 #ECF1C2 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DDE591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#DDE591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE591

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE591	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.107 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edb2',
    500: '#dde591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde591;
$custom-light: #e8edb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8969,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.73455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE591

secondary

#655CBE

accent

#1CC92D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE591

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

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