#DDE76C#DDE76C

#DDE76C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.147 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE76C
RGB	rgb(221, 231, 108)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 53.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -19.92, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 61.17, 109.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.6% -0.058 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(89.6% 0.147 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.1027, 73.6078, 25.1734)
Luminance	0.7361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE76C #766CE7

analogous

#E7B46C #DDE76C #A0E76C

triadic

#DDE76C #6CDDE7 #E76CDD

tetradic

#DDE76C #6CE7B4 #766CE7 #E76CA0

square

#DDE76C #6CE7B4 #766CE7 #E76CA0

split-complementary

#DDE76C #6CA0E7 #B46CE7

monochromatic

#AEBA1E #D1DE37 #DDE76C #E9F0A1 #F5F8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DDE76C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#DDE76C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE76C

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE76C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE76C	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde76c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 231, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.147 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaee9a',
    500: '#dde76c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde76c;
$custom-light: #eaee9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde76c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.878,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.896,
    "c": 0.14717,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE76C

secondary

#473DBA

accent

#12D421

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE76C

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

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