#DDE59C#DDE59C

#DDE59C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.094 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE59C
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 156)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(67, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 31.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -13.99, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 37.49, 111.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0374 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.094 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.8390, 73.8118, 42.3301)
Luminance	0.7381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE59C #A49CE5

analogous

#E5C89C #DDE59C #B8E59C

triadic

#DDE59C #9CDDE5 #E59CDD

tetradic

#DDE59C #9CE5C8 #A49CE5 #E59CB8

square

#DDE59C #9CE5C8 #A49CE5 #E59CB8

split-complementary

#DDE59C #9CB8E5 #C89CE5

monochromatic

#BCCC3B #CCD86C #DDE59C #EEF2CC #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#DDE59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE59C

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE59C	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.094 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edba',
    500: '#dde59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde59c;
$custom-light: #e8edba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.575,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8988,
    "c": 0.09417,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE59C

secondary

#7066BF

accent

#1FC632

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE59C

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

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