#DDE86F#DDE86F

#DDE86F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.146 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE86F
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 111)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 52.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -20.16, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 60.29, 109.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0584 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.146 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.5458, 74.2341, 26.1223)
Luminance	0.7423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE86F #7A6FE8

analogous

#E8B76F #DDE86F #A0E86F

triadic

#DDE86F #6FDDE8 #E86FDD

tetradic

#DDE86F #6FE8B7 #7A6FE8 #E86FA0

square

#DDE86F #6FE8B7 #7A6FE8 #E86FA0

split-complementary

#DDE86F #6FA0E8 #B76FE8

monochromatic

#B0BE1E #D1E03A #DDE86F #E9F0A4 #F6F9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE86F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#DDE86F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE86F

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE86F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE86F	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde86f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.146 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef9c',
    500: '#dde86f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde86f;
$custom-light: #eaef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde86f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89846,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE86F

secondary

#493EBD

accent

#11D523

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE86F

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

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