#DDEE99#DDEE99

#DDEE99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.110 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEE99
RGB	rgb(221, 238, 153)
HSL	hsl(72, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(72, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.15, -18.79, 39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.15, 43.58, 115.54°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0512 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.11 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.1431, 78.8215, 41.8604)
Luminance	0.7882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEE99 #AA99EE

analogous

#EED599 #DDEE99 #B3EE99

triadic

#DDEE99 #99DDEE #EE99DD

tetradic

#DDEE99 #99EED5 #AA99EE #EE99B3

square

#DDEE99 #99EED5 #AA99EE #EE99B3

split-complementary

#DDEE99 #99B3EE #D599EE

monochromatic

#BADD30 #CCE565 #DDEE99 #EEF7CD #F6FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#DDEE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#DDEE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEE99

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEE99	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddee99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 238, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.110 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f3b8',
    500: '#ddee99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddee99;
$custom-light: #e8f3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddee99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91712,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEE99

secondary

#7661CA

accent

#12D339

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEE99

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

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