#DDE596#DDE596

#DDE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.101 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE596
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(66, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -14.72, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 40.45, 111.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.0398 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.101 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.3434, 73.6135, 39.7202)
Luminance	0.7361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE596 #9E96E5

analogous

#E5C696 #DDE596 #B6E596

triadic

#DDE596 #96DDE5 #E596DD

tetradic

#DDE596 #96E5C6 #9E96E5 #E596B6

square

#DDE596 #96E5C6 #9E96E5 #E596B6

split-complementary

#DDE596 #96B6E5 #C696E5

monochromatic

#BDCD34 #CDD965 #DDE596 #EDF1C7 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DDE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#DDE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE596

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE596	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)

#F0DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.101 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edb5',
    500: '#dde596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde596;
$custom-light: #e8edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.076,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89774,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE596

secondary

#6A61BF

accent

#1EC82F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE596

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

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