#DDE772#DDE772

#DDE772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.142 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE772
RGB	rgb(221, 231, 114)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 50.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -19.42, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 58.49, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.056 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.142 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.4331, 73.7399, 26.9133)
Luminance	0.7374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE772 #7C72E7

analogous

#E7B672 #DDE772 #A3E772

triadic

#DDE772 #72DDE7 #E772DD

tetradic

#DDE772 #72E7B6 #7C72E7 #E772A3

square

#DDE772 #72E7B6 #7C72E7 #E772A3

split-complementary

#DDE772 #72A3E7 #B672E7

monochromatic

#B1BE20 #D0DE3E #DDE772 #EAF0A6 #F6F9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#DDE772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE772

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE772	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 231, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.142 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaee9d',
    500: '#dde772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde772;
$custom-light: #eaee9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.128,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8967,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE772

secondary

#4B40BD

accent

#13D323

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE772

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

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