#DDE97B#DDE97B

#DDE97B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.135 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE97B
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 123)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(67, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 47.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.43, -19.57, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.43, 55.31, 110.72°)
OKLab	oklab(90.21% -0.0556 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(90.21% 0.135 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.5338, 75.0809, 29.9329)
Luminance	0.7508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE97B #877BE9

analogous

#E9BE7B #DDE97B #A6E97B

triadic

#DDE97B #7BDDE9 #E97BDD

tetradic

#DDE97B #7BE9BE #877BE9 #E97BA6

square

#DDE97B #7BE9BE #877BE9 #E97BA6

split-complementary

#DDE97B #7BA6E9 #BE7BE9

monochromatic

#B6C821 #CFE047 #DDE97B #EBF2AF #F8FAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDE97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#DDE97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE97B

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE97B	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.135 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0a3',
    500: '#dde97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde97b;
$custom-light: #e9f0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.545,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90207,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE97B

secondary

#5447C2

accent

#12D327

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE97B

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

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