#DDE79D#DDE79D

#DDE79D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.096 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE79D
RGB	rgb(221, 231, 157)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(68, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 32%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.37, -14.86, 34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.37, 38.01, 113.01°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0398 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.096 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.4806, 74.9589, 42.9634)
Luminance	0.7496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE79D #A79DE7

analogous

#E7CC9D #DDE79D #B8E79D

triadic

#DDE79D #9DDDE7 #E79DDD

tetradic

#DDE79D #9DE7CC #A79DE7 #E79DB8

square

#DDE79D #9DE7CC #A79DE7 #E79DB8

split-complementary

#DDE79D #9DB8E7 #CC9DE7

monochromatic

#BBCF3B #CCDB6C #DDE79D #EEF3CE #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDE79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#DDE79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE79D

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE79D	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 231, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.096 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eeba',
    500: '#dde79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde79d;
$custom-light: #e8eeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.108,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90315,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE79D

secondary

#7367C1

accent

#1DC834

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE79D

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

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