#DDE97A#DDE97A

#DDE97A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.136 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE97A
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 122)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(66, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 47.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.42, -19.66, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.42, 55.77, 110.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.19% -0.0559 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(90.19% 0.136 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.4715, 75.0560, 29.6049)
Luminance	0.7506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE97A #867AE9

analogous

#E9BD7A #DDE97A #A6E97A

triadic

#DDE97A #7ADDE9 #E97ADD

tetradic

#DDE97A #7AE9BD #867AE9 #E97AA6

square

#DDE97A #7AE9BD #867AE9 #E97AA6

split-complementary

#DDE97A #7AA6E9 #BD7AE9

monochromatic

#B6C821 #D0E045 #DDE97A #EAF2AF #F8FAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDE97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#DDE97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE97A

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE97A	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)

#F7E070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.136 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0a3',
    500: '#dde97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde97a;
$custom-light: #e9f0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.486,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90194,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE97A

secondary

#5346C1

accent

#12D427

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE97A

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

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