#DDE966#DDE966

#DDE966 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.155 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE966
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 102)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.21, -21.36, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.21, 64.66, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0627 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.155 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.3573, 74.6103, 23.7368)
Luminance	0.7461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE966 #7266E9

analogous

#E9B366 #DDE966 #9BE966

triadic

#DDE966 #66DDE9 #E966DD

tetradic

#DDE966 #66E9B3 #7266E9 #E9669B

square

#DDE966 #66E9B3 #7266E9 #E9669B

split-complementary

#DDE966 #669BE9 #B366E9

monochromatic

#ABBA1B #D1E130 #DDE966 #E9F19C #F5F8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#DDE966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE966

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE966	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.155 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef96',
    500: '#dde966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde966;
$custom-light: #eaef96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.496,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89959,
    "c": 0.15475,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE966

secondary

#463AB9

accent

#0ED721

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE966

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

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