#DDEE77#DDEE77

#DDEE77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.145 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEE77
RGB	rgb(221, 238, 119)
HSL	hsl(69, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(69, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 50%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.71, -22.36, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.71, 59.49, 112.07°)
OKLab	oklab(91.22% -0.0638 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(91.22% 0.145 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.7240, 77.8539, 29.1195)
Luminance	0.7785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEE77 #8877EE

analogous

#EEC377 #DDEE77 #A2EE77

triadic

#DDEE77 #77DDEE #EE77DD

tetradic

#DDEE77 #77EEC3 #8877EE #EE77A2

square

#DDEE77 #77EEC3 #8877EE #EE77A2

split-complementary

#DDEE77 #77A2EE #C377EE

monochromatic

#B6D11A #CFE741 #DDEE77 #EBF5AD #F8FCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DDEE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#DDEE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEE77

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEE77	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddee77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 238, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.145 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f3a1',
    500: '#ddee77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddee77;
$custom-light: #e9f3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddee77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91217,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEE77

secondary

#5542C7

accent

#0BDA29

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEE77

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

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