#DDEA81#DDEA81

#DDEA81 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.130 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEA81
RGB	rgb(221, 234, 129)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(67, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 44.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.77, -19.47, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.77, 53.00, 111.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0548 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.13 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.2048, 75.8036, 32.0666)
Luminance	0.7580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEA81 #8E81EA

analogous

#EAC281 #DDEA81 #A8EA81

triadic

#DDEA81 #81DDEA #EA81DD

tetradic

#DDEA81 #81EAC2 #8E81EA #EA81A8

square

#DDEA81 #81EAC2 #8E81EA #EA81A8

split-complementary

#DDEA81 #81A8EA #C281EA

monochromatic

#B9CE22 #CFE14D #DDEA81 #EBF3B5 #F8FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDEA81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#DDEA81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEA81

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEA81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEA81	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddea81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 234, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.130 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0a7',
    500: '#ddea81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddea81;
$custom-light: #e9f0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddea81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.905,
    "c": 0.1304,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEA81

secondary

#5B4CC3

accent

#12D32A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FDFEF6

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEA81

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

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