#DDE871#DDE871

#DDE871 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.144 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE871
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 113)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(66, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 51.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.05, -19.99, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.05, 59.39, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% -0.0577 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.144 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.6572, 74.2786, 26.7088)
Luminance	0.7428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE871 #7C71E8

analogous

#E8B771 #DDE871 #A2E871

triadic

#DDE871 #71DDE8 #E871DD

tetradic

#DDE871 #71E8B7 #7C71E8 #E871A2

square

#DDE871 #71E8B7 #7C71E8 #E871A2

split-complementary

#DDE871 #71A2E8 #B771E8

monochromatic

#B1C01F #D0DF3C #DDE871 #EAF1A6 #F6F9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#DDE871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE871

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE871	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.144 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef9d',
    500: '#dde871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde871;
$custom-light: #eaef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.546,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8987,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE871

secondary

#4B3FBF

accent

#11D423

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE871

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

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