#DDE96C#DDE96C

#DDE96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.149 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE96C
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 108)
HSL	hsl(66, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(66, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -20.89, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 62.06, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.02% -0.0607 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(90.02% 0.149 114)
XYZ	xyz(61.6657, 74.7337, 25.3610)
Luminance	0.7473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE96C #786CE9

analogous

#E9B76C #DDE96C #9FE96C

triadic

#DDE96C #6CDDE9 #E96CDD

tetradic

#DDE96C #6CE9B7 #786CE9 #E96C9F

square

#DDE96C #6CE9B7 #786CE9 #E96C9F

split-complementary

#DDE96C #6C9FE9 #B76CE9

monochromatic

#AFBE1C #D1E137 #DDE96C #E9F1A1 #F6F9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#DDE96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE96C

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE96C	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.149 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef9a',
    500: '#dde96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde96c;
$custom-light: #eaef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.76,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90024,
    "c": 0.14948,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.74733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE96C

secondary

#483CBD

accent

#0FD622

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE96C

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

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