#DDE86E#DDE86E

#DDE86E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.147 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE86E
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 110)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 52.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.02, -20.24, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.02, 60.73, 109.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.84% -0.0587 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(89.84% 0.147 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4911, 74.2122, 25.8339)
Luminance	0.7421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE86E #796EE8

analogous

#E8B66E #DDE86E #A0E86E

triadic

#DDE86E #6EDDE8 #E86EDD

tetradic

#DDE86E #6EE8B6 #796EE8 #E86EA0

square

#DDE86E #6EE8B6 #796EE8 #E86EA0

split-complementary

#DDE86E #6EA0E8 #B66EE8

monochromatic

#AFBE1E #D1E039 #DDE86E #E9F0A3 #F6F9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#DDE86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE86E

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE86E	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.147 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef9b',
    500: '#dde86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde86e;
$custom-light: #eaef9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.41,
    "s": 72.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89835,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE86E

secondary

#493EBD

accent

#11D522

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE86E

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

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