#DDE97E#DDE97E

#DDE97E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.132 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE97E
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 126)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(67, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 45.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -19.28, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 53.92, 110.95°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0545 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.132 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.7244, 75.1572, 30.9371)
Luminance	0.7516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE97E #8A7EE9

analogous

#E9BF7E #DDE97E #A7E97E

triadic

#DDE97E #7EDDE9 #E97EDD

tetradic

#DDE97E #7EE9BF #8A7EE9 #E97EA7

square

#DDE97E #7EE9BF #8A7EE9 #E97EA7

split-complementary

#DDE97E #7EA7E9 #BF7EE9

monochromatic

#B7CA22 #CFE04A #DDE97E #EBF2B2 #F8FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDE97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#DDE97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE97E

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE97E	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)

#F6E075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.132 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0a5',
    500: '#dde97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde97e;
$custom-light: #e9f0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.729,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90247,
    "c": 0.13223,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE97E

secondary

#5749C2

accent

#13D328

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE97E

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

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