#DDE5AE#DDE5AE

#DDE5AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.072 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE5AE
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 174)
HSL	hsl(69, 51%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(69, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 24%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -11.61, 26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 28.47, 114.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0301 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.072 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.4776, 74.4672, 50.9604)
Luminance	0.7447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE5AE #B6AEE5

analogous

#E5D2AE #DDE5AE #C2E5AE

triadic

#DDE5AE #AEDDE5 #E5AEDD

tetradic

#DDE5AE #AEE5D2 #B6AEE5 #E5AEC2

square

#DDE5AE #AEE5D2 #B6AEE5 #E5AEC2

split-complementary

#DDE5AE #AEC2E5 #D2AEE5

monochromatic

#B6C751 #CAD680 #DDE5AE #F0F4DC #F5F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#DDE5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE5AE

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE5AE	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.072 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edc6',
    500: '#dde5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde5ae;
$custom-light: #e8edc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.727,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90227,
    "c": 0.07241,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE5AE

secondary

#8278BF

accent

#27BF3D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE5AE

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

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