#DDE987#DDE987

#DDE987 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.123 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE987
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 135)
HSL	hsl(67, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(67, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 42.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.58, -18.37, 46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.58, 49.69, 111.70°)
OKLab	oklab(90.37% -0.0512 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(90.37% 0.123 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.3315, 75.4000, 34.1343)
Luminance	0.7540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE987 #9387E9

analogous

#E9C487 #DDE987 #ACE987

triadic

#DDE987 #87DDE9 #E987DD

tetradic

#DDE987 #87E9C4 #9387E9 #E987AC

square

#DDE987 #87E9C4 #9387E9 #E987AC

split-complementary

#DDE987 #87ACE9 #C487E9

monochromatic

#BBD026 #CEE053 #DDE987 #ECF2BB #F8FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDE987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#DDE987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE987

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE987	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.123 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0ab',
    500: '#dde987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde987;
$custom-light: #e9f0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.347,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90374,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE987

secondary

#5F52C3

accent

#15D12C

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE987

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

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