#DDE98B#DDE98B

#DDE98B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.119 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE98B
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 139)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(68, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 40.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.63, -17.94, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.63, 47.78, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.44% -0.0497 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(90.44% 0.119 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.6184, 75.5148, 35.6455)
Luminance	0.7551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE98B #978BE9

analogous

#E9C68B #DDE98B #AEE98B

triadic

#DDE98B #8BDDE9 #E98BDD

tetradic

#DDE98B #8BE9C6 #978BE9 #E98BAE

square

#DDE98B #8BE9C6 #978BE9 #E98BAE

split-complementary

#DDE98B #8BAEE9 #C68BE9

monochromatic

#BCD228 #CEDF58 #DDE98B #ECF3BE #F7FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDE98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#DDE98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE98B

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE98B	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.119 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0ae',
    500: '#dde98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde98b;
$custom-light: #e9f0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.66,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90435,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE98B

secondary

#6355C3

accent

#15D02D

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE98B

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

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