#DDE037#DDE037

#DDE037 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.177 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE037
RGB	rgb(221, 224, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 75.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.48, -19.69, 75.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.48, 78.47, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0624 0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.177 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.1661, 68.9609, 13.9131)
Luminance	0.6896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE037 #3A37E0

analogous

#E08F37 #DDE037 #89E037

triadic

#DDE037 #37DDE0 #E037DD

tetradic

#DDE037 #37E08F #3A37E0 #E03789

square

#DDE037 #37E08F #3A37E0 #E03789

split-complementary

#DDE037 #3789E0 #8F37E0

monochromatic

#868815 #BABD1D #DDE037 #E6E86C #EFF0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DDE037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#DDE037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE037

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE037	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 224, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.177 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece97b',
    500: '#dde037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde037;
$custom-light: #ece97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.065,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87674,
    "c": 0.17741,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE037

secondary

#2F2E8E

accent

#38F03B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE037

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

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