#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
RGBrgb(221, 229, 156)
HSLhsl(67, 58%, 75%)
HSVhsv(67, 32%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(3.5%, 0%, 31.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(88.83, -13.99, 34.78)
CIE-LCHlch(88.83, 37.49, 111.91°)
OKLaboklab(89.88% -0.0374 0.0864)
OKLCHoklch(89.88% 0.094 113.4)
XYZxyz(63.8390, 73.8118, 42.3301)
Luminance0.7381 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##DDE59C1.001.3315.7615.76
#FFFFFF1.331.0021.0021.00
#00000015.7621.001.001.00
##00000015.7621.001.001.00

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

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#DDE59C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva