#DDE979#DDE979

#DDE979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.137 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE979
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(66, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -19.76, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 56.23, 110.57°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0563 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.137 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.4098, 75.0314, 29.2802)
Luminance	0.7503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE979 #8579E9

analogous

#E9BD79 #DDE979 #A5E979

triadic

#DDE979 #79DDE9 #E979DD

tetradic

#DDE979 #79E9BD #8579E9 #E979A5

square

#DDE979 #79E9BD #8579E9 #E979A5

split-complementary

#DDE979 #79A5E9 #BD79E9

monochromatic

#B5C721 #D0E044 #DDE979 #EAF2AE #F8FAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDE979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#DDE979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE979

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE979	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.137 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0a2',
    500: '#dde979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde979;
$custom-light: #e9f0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.429,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90181,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE979

secondary

#5245C1

accent

#12D426

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE979

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

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