#DDE96D#DDE96D

#DDE96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; 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	#DDE96D
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 109)
HSL	hsl(66, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(66, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.28, -20.81, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.28, 61.62, 109.74°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.0604 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.149 114)
XYZ	xyz(61.7192, 74.7551, 25.6429)
Luminance	0.7475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE96D #796DE9

analogous

#E9B76D #DDE96D #9FE96D

triadic

#DDE96D #6DDDE9 #E96DDD

tetradic

#DDE96D #6DE9B7 #796DE9 #E96D9F

square

#DDE96D #6DE9B7 #796DE9 #E96D9F

split-complementary

#DDE96D #6D9FE9 #B76DE9

monochromatic

#AFBF1D #D1E138 #DDE96D #E9F1A2 #F6F9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#DDE96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE96D

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE96D	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)

#F8DF61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.149 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef9a',
    500: '#dde96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde96d;
$custom-light: #eaef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90036,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.74754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE96D

secondary

#493CBE

accent

#10D623

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE96D

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

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