#DDE86B#DDE86B

#DDE86B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.149 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE86B
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 107)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 53.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.99, -20.49, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.99, 62.05, 109.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0597 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.149 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.3305, 74.1480, 24.9882)
Luminance	0.7415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE86B #766BE8

analogous

#E8B56B #DDE86B #9FE86B

triadic

#DDE86B #6BDDE8 #E86BDD

tetradic

#DDE86B #6BE8B5 #766BE8 #E86B9F

square

#DDE86B #6BE8B5 #766BE8 #E86B9F

split-complementary

#DDE86B #6B9FE8 #B56BE8

monochromatic

#AEBB1D #D1E036 #DDE86B #E9F0A0 #F5F8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE86B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#DDE86B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE86B

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE86B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE86B	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde86b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.149 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef99',
    500: '#dde86b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde86b;
$custom-light: #eaef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde86b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89801,
    "c": 0.14922,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE86B

secondary

#473CBB

accent

#10D522

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE86B

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

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