#DDE599#DDE599

#DDE599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.098 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE599
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(66, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.79, -14.36, 36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.79, 38.97, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.0386 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.098 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.5881, 73.7114, 41.0087)
Luminance	0.7371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE599 #A199E5

analogous

#E5C799 #DDE599 #B7E599

triadic

#DDE599 #99DDE5 #E599DD

tetradic

#DDE599 #99E5C7 #A199E5 #E599B7

square

#DDE599 #99E5C7 #A199E5 #E599B7

split-complementary

#DDE599 #99B7E5 #C799E5

monochromatic

#BCCC37 #CDD968 #DDE599 #EDF1CA #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#DDE599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE599

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE599	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.098 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edb8',
    500: '#dde599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde599;
$custom-light: #e8edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89826,
    "c": 0.09768,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE599

secondary

#6D63BF

accent

#1EC730

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE599

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

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