#DDE8A5#DDE8A5

#DDE8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.087 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE8A5
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 165)
HSL	hsl(70, 59%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(70, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 28.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.77, -14.33, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.77, 34.56, 114.49°)
OKLab	oklab(90.67% -0.038 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(90.67% 0.087 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.4667, 75.8025, 46.7725)
Luminance	0.7580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE8A5 #B0A5E8

analogous

#E8D1A5 #DDE8A5 #BBE8A5

triadic

#DDE8A5 #A5DDE8 #E8A5DD

tetradic

#DDE8A5 #A5E8D1 #B0A5E8 #E8A5BB

square

#DDE8A5 #A5E8D1 #B0A5E8 #E8A5BB

split-complementary

#DDE8A5 #A5BBE8 #D1A5E8

monochromatic

#B8CF44 #CBDC74 #DDE8A5 #EFF4D6 #F6F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDE8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#DDE8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE8A5

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE8A5	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.087 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8efc0',
    500: '#dde8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde8a5;
$custom-light: #e8efc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.851,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90671,
    "c": 0.08748,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE8A5

secondary

#7C6EC3

accent

#1FC73A

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF9

border

#D5D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE8A5

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

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