#DDE978#DDE978

#DDE978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.138 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE978
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(66, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.40, -19.85, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.40, 56.69, 110.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.17% -0.0566 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(90.17% 0.138 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.3488, 75.0070, 28.9590)
Luminance	0.7501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE978 #8478E9

analogous

#E9BD78 #DDE978 #A5E978

triadic

#DDE978 #78DDE9 #E978DD

tetradic

#DDE978 #78E9BD #8478E9 #E978A5

square

#DDE978 #78E9BD #8478E9 #E978A5

split-complementary

#DDE978 #78A5E9 #BD78E9

monochromatic

#B5C620 #D0E043 #DDE978 #EAF2AD #F8FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#DDE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE978

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE978	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.138 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0a1',
    500: '#dde978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde978;
$custom-light: #e9f0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.372,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90168,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE978

secondary

#5144C1

accent

#11D426

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE978

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

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