#DDEB8B#DDEB8B

#DDEB8B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.121 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEB8B
RGB	rgb(221, 235, 139)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(69, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 40.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.16, -18.92, 44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.16, 48.77, 112.83°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.0524 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.121 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.1878, 76.6535, 35.8353)
Luminance	0.7665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEB8B #998BEB

analogous

#EBC98B #DDEB8B #ADEB8B

triadic

#DDEB8B #8BDDEB #EB8BDD

tetradic

#DDEB8B #8BEBC9 #998BEB #EB8BAD

square

#DDEB8B #8BEBC9 #998BEB #EB8BAD

split-complementary

#DDEB8B #8BADEB #C98BEB

monochromatic

#BDD725 #CEE257 #DDEB8B #ECF4BF #F7FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDEB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#DDEB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEB8B

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEB8B	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddeb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 235, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.121 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f1ae',
    500: '#ddeb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddeb8b;
$custom-light: #e9f1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddeb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.75,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90856,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEB8B

secondary

#6555C5

accent

#13D32F

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEB8B

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

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