#DDE99E#DDE99E

#DDE99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.097 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE99E
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 158)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(70, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 32.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.91, -15.72, 35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.91, 38.55, 114.07°)
OKLab	oklab(90.75% -0.0422 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(90.75% 0.097 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.1293, 76.1191, 43.6025)
Luminance	0.7612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE99E #AA9EE9

analogous

#E9D09E #DDE99E #B8E99E

triadic

#DDE99E #9EDDE9 #E99EDD

tetradic

#DDE99E #9EE9D0 #AA9EE9 #E99EB8

square

#DDE99E #9EE9D0 #AA9EE9 #E99EB8

split-complementary

#DDE99E #9EB8E9 #D09EE9

monochromatic

#BAD23A #CCDE6C #DDE99E #EEF4D0 #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDE99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#DDE99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE99E

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE99E	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)

#F3E299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.097 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0bb',
    500: '#dde99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde99e;
$custom-light: #e8f0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9075,
    "c": 0.09712,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE99E

secondary

#7667C4

accent

#1BCB37

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE99E

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

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