#DDE99D#DDE99D

#DDE99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.098 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE99D
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 157)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(69, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 32.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.90, -15.85, 35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.90, 39.04, 113.95°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.0426 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.098 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.0435, 76.0848, 43.1511)
Luminance	0.7608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE99D #A99DE9

analogous

#E9CF9D #DDE99D #B7E99D

triadic

#DDE99D #9DDDE9 #E99DDD

tetradic

#DDE99D #9DE9CF #A99DE9 #E99DB7

square

#DDE99D #9DE9CF #A99DE9 #E99DB7

split-complementary

#DDE99D #9DB7E9 #CF9DE9

monochromatic

#BAD339 #CCDE6B #DDE99D #EEF4CF #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDE99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#DDE99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE99D

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE99D	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.098 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0ba',
    500: '#dde99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde99d;
$custom-light: #e8f0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90732,
    "c": 0.09829,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE99D

secondary

#7566C4

accent

#1ACB36

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE99D

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

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