#DDE051#DDE051

#DDE051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.162 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE051
RGB	rgb(221, 224, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.64, -18.42, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.64, 69.48, 105.37°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.0565 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.162 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.9614, 69.2790, 18.1019)
Luminance	0.6928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE051 #5451E0

analogous

#E09C51 #DDE051 #95E051

triadic

#DDE051 #51DDE0 #E051DD

tetradic

#DDE051 #51E09C #5451E0 #E05195

square

#DDE051 #51E09C #5451E0 #E05195

split-complementary

#DDE051 #5195E0 #9C51E0

monochromatic

#989B1C #CBCF25 #DDE051 #E7E985 #F1F3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDE051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#DDE051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE051

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE051	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 224, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.162 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe989',
    500: '#dde051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde051;
$custom-light: #ebe989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.259,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8785,
    "c": 0.16161,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE051

secondary

#39379F

accent

#3BED3F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE051

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

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