#DDE985#DDE985

#DDE985 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.125 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE985
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(67, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(67, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 42.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.55, -18.58, 47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.55, 50.64, 111.53°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0519 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.125 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.1920, 75.3442, 33.3997)
Luminance	0.7534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE985 #9185E9

analogous

#E9C385 #DDE985 #ABE985

triadic

#DDE985 #85DDE9 #E985DD

tetradic

#DDE985 #85E9C3 #9185E9 #E985AB

square

#DDE985 #85E9C3 #9185E9 #E985AB

split-complementary

#DDE985 #85ABE9 #C385E9

monochromatic

#BACE25 #CFE051 #DDE985 #EBF2B9 #F8FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDE985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#DDE985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE985

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE985	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E07D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.125 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0aa',
    500: '#dde985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde985;
$custom-light: #e9f0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90345,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE985

secondary

#5E50C2

accent

#14D12B

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE985

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

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