#DDE989#DDE989

#DDE989 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.121 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE989
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 137)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(68, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 41.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.61, -18.16, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.61, 48.74, 111.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.4% -0.0504 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(90.4% 0.121 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.4736, 75.4569, 34.8829)
Luminance	0.7546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE989 #9589E9

analogous

#E9C589 #DDE989 #ADE989

triadic

#DDE989 #89DDE9 #E989DD

tetradic

#DDE989 #89E9C5 #9589E9 #E989AD

square

#DDE989 #89E9C5 #9589E9 #E989AD

split-complementary

#DDE989 #89ADE9 #C589E9

monochromatic

#BBD127 #CEDF55 #DDE989 #ECF3BD #F8FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDE989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#DDE989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE989

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE989	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E28E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.121 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0ad',
    500: '#dde989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde989;
$custom-light: #e9f0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90404,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE989

secondary

#6153C3

accent

#15D12C

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE989

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

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