#DDEF99#DDEF99

#DDEF99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.111 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEF99
RGB	rgb(221, 239, 153)
HSL	hsl(73, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(73, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.42, -19.27, 39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.42, 44.10, 115.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.92% -0.0525 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(91.92% 0.111 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.4351, 79.4054, 41.9577)
Luminance	0.7941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEF99 #AB99EF

analogous

#EFD699 #DDEF99 #B2EF99

triadic

#DDEF99 #99DDEF #EF99DD

tetradic

#DDEF99 #99EFD6 #AB99EF #EF99B2

square

#DDEF99 #99EFD6 #AB99EF #EF99B2

split-complementary

#DDEF99 #99B2EF #D699EF

monochromatic

#BADE2F #CBE764 #DDEF99 #EFF7CE #F6FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#DDEF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#DDEF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEF99

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEF99	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E6D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddef99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 239, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.111 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f4b8',
    500: '#ddef99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddef99;
$custom-light: #e8f4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddef99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.558,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91923,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEF99

secondary

#7761CC

accent

#11D53A

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEF99

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

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