#DDE99A#DDE99A

#DDE99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.102 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE99A
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 154)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(69, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 33.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.85, -16.21, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.85, 40.51, 113.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.68% -0.0438 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(90.68% 0.102 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.7906, 75.9836, 41.8187)
Luminance	0.7598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE99A #A69AE9

analogous

#E9CD9A #DDE99A #B5E99A

triadic

#DDE99A #9ADDE9 #E99ADD

tetradic

#DDE99A #9AE9CD #A69AE9 #E99AB5

square

#DDE99A #9AE9CD #A69AE9 #E99AB5

split-complementary

#DDE99A #9AB5E9 #CD9AE9

monochromatic

#BBD335 #CCDE68 #DDE99A #EEF4CC #F7FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDE99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#DDE99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE99A

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE99A	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.102 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0b8',
    500: '#dde99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde99a;
$custom-light: #e8f0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.114,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9068,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE99A

secondary

#7263C4

accent

#19CC35

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE99A

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

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