#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
RGBrgb(221, 224, 55)
HSLhsl(61, 73%, 55%)
HSVhsv(61, 75%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(1.3%, 0%, 75.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(86.48, -19.69, 75.96)
CIE-LCHlch(86.48, 78.47, 104.53°)
OKLaboklab(87.67% -0.0624 0.1661)
OKLCHoklch(87.67% 0.177 110.6)
XYZxyz(57.1661, 68.9609, 13.9131)
Luminance0.6896 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##DDE0371.001.4214.7914.79
#FFFFFF1.421.0021.0021.00
#00000014.7921.001.001.00
##00000014.7921.001.001.00

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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#DDE037 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva