#DDE97C#DDE97C

#DDE97C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.134 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE97C
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 124)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(67, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 46.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.44, -19.48, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.44, 54.85, 110.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0552 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.134 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.5967, 75.1061, 30.2642)
Luminance	0.7510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE97C #887CE9

analogous

#E9BF7C #DDE97C #A6E97C

triadic

#DDE97C #7CDDE9 #E97CDD

tetradic

#DDE97C #7CE9BF #887CE9 #E97CA6

square

#DDE97C #7CE9BF #887CE9 #E97CA6

split-complementary

#DDE97C #7CA6E9 #BF7CE9

monochromatic

#B6C922 #CFE048 #DDE97C #EBF2B0 #F8FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDE97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#DDE97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE97C

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE97C	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)

#F7E073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.134 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0a4',
    500: '#dde97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde97c;
$custom-light: #e9f0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.606,
    "s": 71.242,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9022,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE97C

secondary

#5548C2

accent

#12D327

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE97C

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

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