#DDE972#DDE972

#DDE972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.144 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE972
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 114)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(66, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, -20.39, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 59.40, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.0587 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.144 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.9960, 74.8658, 27.1010)
Luminance	0.7487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE972 #7E72E9

analogous

#E9B972 #DDE972 #A2E972

triadic

#DDE972 #72DDE9 #E972DD

tetradic

#DDE972 #72E9B9 #7E72E9 #E972A2

square

#DDE972 #72E9B9 #7E72E9 #E972A2

split-complementary

#DDE972 #72A2E9 #B972E9

monochromatic

#B2C21E #D0E13D #DDE972 #EAF1A7 #F7FADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDE972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#DDE972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE972

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE972	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.144 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf09d',
    500: '#dde972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde972;
$custom-light: #eaf09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.05,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90094,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE972

secondary

#4C3EC1

accent

#10D524

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE972

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

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