#DDE997#DDE997

#DDE997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.105 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE997
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 151)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(69, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 35.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.81, -16.58, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.81, 41.98, 113.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.63% -0.045 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(90.63% 0.105 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.5438, 75.8849, 40.5192)
Luminance	0.7588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE997 #A397E9

analogous

#E9CC97 #DDE997 #B4E997

triadic

#DDE997 #97DDE9 #E997DD

tetradic

#DDE997 #97E9CC #A397E9 #E997B4

square

#DDE997 #97E9CC #A397E9 #E997B4

split-complementary

#DDE997 #97B4E9 #CC97E9

monochromatic

#BCD432 #CCDE64 #DDE997 #EEF4CA #F7FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDE997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#DDE997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE997

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE997	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.105 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0b6',
    500: '#dde997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde997;
$custom-light: #e8f0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.78,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90628,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE997

secondary

#6F60C4

accent

#19CD33

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE997

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

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