#DDE98E#DDE98E

#DDE98E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.115 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE98E
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 142)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(68, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 39.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.67, -17.61, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.67, 46.34, 112.34°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0485 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.115 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.8406, 75.6037, 36.8158)
Luminance	0.7560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE98E #9A8EE9

analogous

#E9C78E #DDE98E #AFE98E

triadic

#DDE98E #8EDDE9 #E98EDD

tetradic

#DDE98E #8EE9C7 #9A8EE9 #E98EAF

square

#DDE98E #8EE9C7 #9A8EE9 #E98EAF

split-complementary

#DDE98E #8EAFE9 #C78EE9

monochromatic

#BDD329 #CEDF5B #DDE98E #ECF3C1 #F7FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDE98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#DDE98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE98E

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE98E	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E292

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.115 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0b0',
    500: '#dde98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde98e;
$custom-light: #e9f0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.912,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90481,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE98E

secondary

#6658C3

accent

#16CF2F

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE98E

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

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