#DDE057#DDE057

#DDE057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.157 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE057
RGB	rgb(221, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 61.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.69, -18.05, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.69, 67.10, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% -0.0548 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.157 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.1964, 69.3731, 19.3397)
Luminance	0.6937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE057 #5A57E0

analogous

#E09E57 #DDE057 #98E057

triadic

#DDE057 #57DDE0 #E057DD

tetradic

#DDE057 #57E09E #5A57E0 #E05798

square

#DDE057 #57E09E #5A57E0 #E05798

split-complementary

#DDE057 #5798E0 #9E57E0

monochromatic

#9C9F1D #CFD327 #DDE057 #E7EA8B #F2F3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDE057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#DDE057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE057

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE057	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)

#F0D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.157 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe98c',
    500: '#dde057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde057;
$custom-light: #ebe98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.314,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87902,
    "c": 0.15714,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE057

secondary

#3B39A2

accent

#15D119

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE057

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

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