#DDEE79#DDEE79

#DDEE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.143 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEE79
RGB	rgb(221, 238, 121)
HSL	hsl(69, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(69, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.74, -22.17, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.74, 58.59, 112.24°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.0631 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.143 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.8454, 77.9024, 29.7587)
Luminance	0.7790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEE79 #8A79EE

analogous

#EEC479 #DDEE79 #A2EE79

triadic

#DDEE79 #79DDEE #EE79DD

tetradic

#DDEE79 #79EEC4 #8A79EE #EE79A2

square

#DDEE79 #79EEC4 #8A79EE #EE79A2

split-complementary

#DDEE79 #79A2EE #C479EE

monochromatic

#B7D21B #CFE743 #DDEE79 #EBF5AF #F8FCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DDEE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#DDEE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEE79

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEE79	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE46E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddee79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 238, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.143 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f3a2',
    500: '#ddee79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddee79;
$custom-light: #e9f3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddee79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.718,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91242,
    "c": 0.14329,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEE79

secondary

#5744C7

accent

#0CDA2A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEE79

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →