#DDE99F#DDE99F

#DDE99F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.096 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE99F
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 159)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(70, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 31.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.93, -15.59, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.93, 38.05, 114.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0418 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.096 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.2157, 76.1537, 44.0577)
Luminance	0.7615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE99F #AB9FE9

analogous

#E9D09F #DDE99F #B8E99F

triadic

#DDE99F #9FDDE9 #E99FDD

tetradic

#DDE99F #9FE9D0 #AB9FE9 #E99FB8

square

#DDE99F #9FE9D0 #AB9FE9 #E99FB8

split-complementary

#DDE99F #9FB8E9 #D09FE9

monochromatic

#BAD23B #CBDE6D #DDE99F #EFF4D1 #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDE99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#DDE99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE99F

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE99F	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E3A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.096 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0bc',
    500: '#dde99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde99f;
$custom-light: #e8f0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.73,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90768,
    "c": 0.09595,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE99F

secondary

#7768C4

accent

#1BCA37

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE99F

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

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