#DDE96E#DDE96E

#DDE96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.148 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE96E
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 110)
HSL	hsl(66, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(66, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.29, -20.73, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.29, 61.18, 109.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0601 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.148 114)
XYZ	xyz(61.7733, 74.7768, 25.9280)
Luminance	0.7478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE96E #7A6EE9

analogous

#E9B86E #DDE96E #9FE96E

triadic

#DDE96E #6EDDE9 #E96EDD

tetradic

#DDE96E #6EE9B8 #7A6EE9 #E96E9F

square

#DDE96E #6EE9B8 #7A6EE9 #E96E9F

split-complementary

#DDE96E #6E9FE9 #B86EE9

monochromatic

#B0C01D #D1E139 #DDE96E #E9F1A3 #F6F9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#DDE96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE96E

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE96E	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.148 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef9b',
    500: '#dde96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde96e;
$custom-light: #eaef9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.854,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90047,
    "c": 0.14766,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.74776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE96E

secondary

#493DBE

accent

#10D623

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE96E

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

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