#DDE685#DDE685

#DDE685 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.121 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE685
RGB	rgb(221, 230, 133)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(66, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 42.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.76, -17.11, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.76, 49.19, 110.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.71% -0.0477 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(89.71% 0.121 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.3500, 73.6601, 33.1190)
Luminance	0.7366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE685 #8E85E6

analogous

#E6BE85 #DDE685 #ACE685

triadic

#DDE685 #85DDE6 #E685DD

tetradic

#DDE685 #85E6BE #8E85E6 #E685AC

square

#DDE685 #85E6BE #8E85E6 #E685AC

split-complementary

#DDE685 #85ACE6 #BE85E6

monochromatic

#B9C829 #CFDC52 #DDE685 #EBF0B8 #F8FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#DDE685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE685

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE685	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E08A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 230, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.121 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9edaa',
    500: '#dde685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde685;
$custom-light: #e9edaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.567,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89713,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE685

secondary

#5B50BF

accent

#18CE29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE685

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

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