#DDE055#DDE055

#DDE055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.159 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE055
RGB	rgb(221, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.67, -18.17, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.67, 67.90, 105.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0554 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.159 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.1159, 69.3408, 18.9153)
Luminance	0.6934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE055 #5855E0

analogous

#E09D55 #DDE055 #97E055

triadic

#DDE055 #55DDE0 #E055DD

tetradic

#DDE055 #55E09D #5855E0 #E05597

square

#DDE055 #55E09D #5855E0 #E05597

split-complementary

#DDE055 #5597E0 #9D55E0

monochromatic

#9B9E1D #CED226 #DDE055 #E7E989 #F2F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDE055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#DDE055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE055

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE055	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.159 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe98b',
    500: '#dde055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde055;
$custom-light: #ebe98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87884,
    "c": 0.15866,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE055

secondary

#3A38A1

accent

#14D118

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE055

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

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