#DDF996#DDF996

#DDF996 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.853; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.128 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDF996
RGB	rgb(221, 249, 150)
HSL	hsl(77, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(77, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 39.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.02, -24.43, 44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.02, 50.75, 118.78°)
OKLab	oklab(93.99% -0.0673 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(93.99% 0.128 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.1994, 85.3255, 41.6722)
Luminance	0.8533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDF996 #B296F9

analogous

#F9E496 #DDF996 #ABF996

triadic

#DDF996 #96DDF9 #F996DD

tetradic

#DDF996 #96F9E4 #B296F9 #F996AB

square

#DDF996 #96F9E4 #B296F9 #F996AB

split-complementary

#DDF996 #96ABF9 #E496F9

monochromatic

#B8F222 #CAF65C #DDF996 #F0FCD0 #F6FDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#DDF996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.07

#DDF996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDF996

18.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDF996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDF996	1.00	1.16	18.07	18.07
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5F0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddf996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 249, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.128 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9fbb6',
    500: '#ddf996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddf996;
$custom-light: #e9fbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddf996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.97,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93991,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.85326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDF996

secondary

#7E5AD9

accent

#00E641

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDF996

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

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