#DDE77D#DDE77D

#DDE77D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.131 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE77D
RGB	rgb(221, 231, 125)
HSL	hsl(66, 69%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(66, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 45.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.93, -18.41, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.93, 53.44, 110.15°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.0521 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.131 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.0973, 74.0056, 30.4113)
Luminance	0.7400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE77D #877DE7

analogous

#E7BC7D #DDE77D #A8E77D

triadic

#DDE77D #7DDDE7 #E77DDD

tetradic

#DDE77D #7DE7BC #877DE7 #E77DA8

square

#DDE77D #7DE7BC #877DE7 #E77DA8

split-complementary

#DDE77D #7DA8E7 #BC7DE7

monochromatic

#B6C524 #CFDD49 #DDE77D #EBF1B1 #F8FAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE77D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#DDE77D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE77D

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE77D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE77D	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)

#F5DE74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde77d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 231, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.131 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eea5',
    500: '#dde77d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde77d;
$custom-light: #e9eea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde77d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.66,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89811,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE77D

secondary

#5449BF

accent

#15D126

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE77D

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

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