#DDE995#DDE995

#DDE995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.107 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE995
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 149)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(69, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 36.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -16.81, 39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 42.95, 113.04°)
OKLab	oklab(90.6% -0.0458 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(90.6% 0.107 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.3828, 75.8205, 39.6711)
Luminance	0.7582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE995 #A195E9

analogous

#E9CB95 #DDE995 #B3E995

triadic

#DDE995 #95DDE9 #E995DD

tetradic

#DDE995 #95E9CB #A195E9 #E995B3

square

#DDE995 #95E9CB #A195E9 #E995B3

split-complementary

#DDE995 #95B3E9 #CB95E9

monochromatic

#BCD430 #CDDE62 #DDE995 #EDF4C8 #F7FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDE995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#DDE995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE995

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE995	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.107 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0b5',
    500: '#dde995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde995;
$custom-light: #e8f0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90595,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE995

secondary

#6D5FC4

accent

#18CD32

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE995

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

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