#DDE87B#DDE87B

#DDE87B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.134 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE87B
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 123)
HSL	hsl(66, 70%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(66, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 47%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -19.08, 51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 54.84, 110.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0542 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.134 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.2515, 74.5164, 29.8388)
Luminance	0.7451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE87B #867BE8

analogous

#E8BD7B #DDE87B #A7E87B

triadic

#DDE87B #7BDDE8 #E87BDD

tetradic

#DDE87B #7BE8BD #867BE8 #E87BA7

square

#DDE87B #7BE8BD #867BE8 #E87BA7

split-complementary

#DDE87B #7BA7E8 #BD7BE8

monochromatic

#B6C623 #D0DF47 #DDE87B #EAF1AF #F8FAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE87B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#DDE87B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE87B

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE87B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE87B	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde87b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.134 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9efa3',
    500: '#dde87b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde87b;
$custom-light: #e9efa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde87b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.055,
    "s": 70.323,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89995,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE87B

secondary

#5347C0

accent

#13D226

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE87B

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

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