#DDE595#DDE595

#DDE595 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.102 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE595
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 149)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(66, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 34.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -14.84, 38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 40.95, 111.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.76% -0.0402 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(89.76% 0.102 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.2632, 73.5815, 39.2979)
Luminance	0.7358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE595 #9D95E5

analogous

#E5C595 #DDE595 #B5E595

triadic

#DDE595 #95DDE5 #E595DD

tetradic

#DDE595 #95E5C5 #9D95E5 #E595B5

square

#DDE595 #95E5C5 #9D95E5 #E595B5

split-complementary

#DDE595 #95B5E5 #C595E5

monochromatic

#BDCD33 #CDD964 #DDE595 #EDF1C6 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DDE595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#DDE595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE595

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE595	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.102 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edb5',
    500: '#dde595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde595;
$custom-light: #e8edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89757,
    "c": 0.10231,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE595

secondary

#6960BF

accent

#1DC82E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE595

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

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