#DDE77B#DDE77B

#DDE77B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.133 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE77B
RGB	rgb(221, 231, 123)
HSL	hsl(66, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(66, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 46.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -18.60, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 54.37, 110.00°)
OKLab	oklab(89.78% -0.0528 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(89.78% 0.133 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.9708, 73.9550, 29.7452)
Luminance	0.7395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE77B #857BE7

analogous

#E7BB7B #DDE77B #A7E77B

triadic

#DDE77B #7BDDE7 #E77BDD

tetradic

#DDE77B #7BE7BB #857BE7 #E77BA7

square

#DDE77B #7BE7BB #857BE7 #E77BA7

split-complementary

#DDE77B #7BA7E7 #BB7BE7

monochromatic

#B5C424 #D0DE47 #DDE77B #EAF0AF #F8FAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE77B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#DDE77B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE77B

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE77B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE77B	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde77b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 231, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.133 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eea3',
    500: '#dde77b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde77b;
$custom-light: #e9eea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde77b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.556,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89784,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE77B

secondary

#5247BF

accent

#14D126

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE77B

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

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