#DDEE85#DDEE85

#DDEE85 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.131 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEE85
RGB	rgb(221, 238, 133)
HSL	hsl(70, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(70, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 44.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.88, -21.01, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.88, 53.08, 113.31°)
OKLab	oklab(91.4% -0.0588 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(91.4% 0.131 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.6275, 78.2153, 33.8782)
Luminance	0.7822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEE85 #9685EE

analogous

#EECA85 #DDEE85 #A9EE85

triadic

#DDEE85 #85DDEE #EE85DD

tetradic

#DDEE85 #85EECA #9685EE #EE85A9

square

#DDEE85 #85EECA #9685EE #EE85A9

split-complementary

#DDEE85 #85A9EE #CA85EE

monochromatic

#BCDA1E #CEE74F #DDEE85 #ECF5BB #F8FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#DDEE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#DDEE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEE85

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEE85	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE47C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E68A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddee85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 238, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.131 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f3aa',
    500: '#ddee85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddee85;
$custom-light: #e9f3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddee85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.714,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91403,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEE85

secondary

#624FC9

accent

#0ED82E

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161710

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEE85

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

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