#DDE5AA#DDE5AA

#DDE5AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.077 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE5AA
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 170)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(68, 26%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 25.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -12.16, 27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 30.49, 113.51°)
OKLab	oklab(90.15% -0.0318 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(90.15% 0.077 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.0935, 74.3136, 48.9372)
Luminance	0.7431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE5AA #B2AAE5

analogous

#E5CFAA #DDE5AA #BFE5AA

triadic

#DDE5AA #AADDE5 #E5AADD

tetradic

#DDE5AA #AAE5CF #B2AAE5 #E5AABF

square

#DDE5AA #AAE5CF #B2AAE5 #E5AABF

split-complementary

#DDE5AA #AABFE5 #CFAAE5

monochromatic

#B8C84C #CAD77B #DDE5AA #F0F3D9 #F6F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#DDE5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE5AA

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE5AA	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDFA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.077 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edc3',
    500: '#dde5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde5aa;
$custom-light: #e8edc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.136,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90146,
    "c": 0.07733,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE5AA

secondary

#7E74BF

accent

#25C13A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE5AA

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

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