#DDE86C#DDE86C

#DDE86C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.148 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE86C
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 108)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 53.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -20.41, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 61.61, 109.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.0594 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.148 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.3834, 74.1691, 25.2669)
Luminance	0.7417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE86C #776CE8

analogous

#E8B56C #DDE86C #9FE86C

triadic

#DDE86C #6CDDE8 #E86CDD

tetradic

#DDE86C #6CE8B5 #776CE8 #E86C9F

square

#DDE86C #6CE8B5 #776CE8 #E86C9F

split-complementary

#DDE86C #6C9FE8 #B56CE8

monochromatic

#AEBC1D #D1E037 #DDE86C #E9F0A1 #F5F9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#DDE86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE86C

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE86C	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)

#F7DE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.148 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef9a',
    500: '#dde86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde86c;
$custom-light: #eaef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.323,
    "s": 72.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89812,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE86C

secondary

#483DBB

accent

#10D522

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE86C

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

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