#DDE97D#DDE97D

#DDE97D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.133 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE97D
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 125)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(67, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 46.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -19.38, 50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 54.39, 110.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0549 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.133 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.6602, 75.1315, 30.5990)
Luminance	0.7513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE97D #897DE9

analogous

#E9BF7D #DDE97D #A7E97D

triadic

#DDE97D #7DDDE9 #E97DDD

tetradic

#DDE97D #7DE9BF #897DE9 #E97DA7

square

#DDE97D #7DE9BF #897DE9 #E97DA7

split-complementary

#DDE97D #7DA7E9 #BF7DE9

monochromatic

#B7CA22 #CFE049 #DDE97D #EBF2B1 #F8FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDE97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#DDE97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE97D

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE97D	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.133 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0a5',
    500: '#dde97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde97d;
$custom-light: #e9f0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90234,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE97D

secondary

#5648C2

accent

#12D328

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE97D

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

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