#DDE699#DDE699

#DDE699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.099 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE699
RGB	rgb(221, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(67, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(67, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 33.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.05, -14.86, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.05, 39.48, 112.11°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.04 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.099 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.8656, 74.2664, 41.1012)
Luminance	0.7427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE699 #A299E6

analogous

#E6C899 #DDE699 #B6E699

triadic

#DDE699 #99DDE6 #E699DD

tetradic

#DDE699 #99E6C8 #A299E6 #E699B6

square

#DDE699 #99E6C8 #A299E6 #E699B6

split-complementary

#DDE699 #99B6E6 #C899E6

monochromatic

#BCCE37 #CDDA68 #DDE699 #EDF2CA #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#DDE699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE699

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE699	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.099 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edb8',
    500: '#dde699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde699;
$custom-light: #e8edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.013,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90035,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE699

secondary

#6E63C0

accent

#1DC831

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE699

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

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