#DDE77C#DDE77C

#DDE77C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.132 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE77C
RGB	rgb(221, 231, 124)
HSL	hsl(66, 69%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(66, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 46.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.91, -18.50, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.91, 53.91, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0524 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.132 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0337, 73.9802, 30.0766)
Luminance	0.7398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE77C #867CE7

analogous

#E7BB7C #DDE77C #A8E77C

triadic

#DDE77C #7CDDE7 #E77CDD

tetradic

#DDE77C #7CE7BB #867CE7 #E77CA8

square

#DDE77C #7CE7BB #867CE7 #E77CA8

split-complementary

#DDE77C #7CA8E7 #BB7CE7

monochromatic

#B6C524 #D0DE48 #DDE77C #EAF0B0 #F8FAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE77C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#DDE77C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE77C

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE77C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE77C	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde77c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 231, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.132 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eea4',
    500: '#dde77c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde77c;
$custom-light: #e9eea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde77c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.607,
    "s": 69.032,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89797,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE77C

secondary

#5348BF

accent

#15D126

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE77C

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

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