#DDED8A#DDED8A

#DDED8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.125 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDED8A
RGB	rgb(221, 237, 138)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(70, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 41.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.68, -20.00, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.68, 50.24, 113.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.26% -0.0556 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(91.26% 0.125 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.6909, 77.7761, 35.6442)
Luminance	0.7778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDED8A #9A8AED

analogous

#EDCB8A #DDED8A #ABED8A

triadic

#DDED8A #8ADDED #ED8ADD

tetradic

#DDED8A #8AEDCB #9A8AED #ED8AAB

square

#DDED8A #8AEDCB #9A8AED #ED8AAB

split-complementary

#DDED8A #8AABED #CB8AED

monochromatic

#BDDB22 #CEE555 #DDED8A #ECF5BF #F7FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DDED8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#DDED8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDED8A

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDED8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDED8A	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E58F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dded8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 237, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.125 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2ad',
    500: '#dded8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dded8a;
$custom-light: #e9f2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dded8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.697,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91264,
    "c": 0.12475,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDED8A

secondary

#6653C8

accent

#10D530

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161710

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDED8A

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

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