#DDE05B#DDE05B

#DDE05B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.154 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE05B
RGB	rgb(221, 224, 91)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 59.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -17.78, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 65.45, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.94% -0.0537 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(87.94% 0.154 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.3644, 69.4402, 20.2243)
Luminance	0.6944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE05B #5E5BE0

analogous

#E0A05B #DDE05B #9BE05B

triadic

#DDE05B #5BDDE0 #E05BDD

tetradic

#DDE05B #5BE0A0 #5E5BE0 #E05B9B

square

#DDE05B #5BE0A0 #5E5BE0 #E05B9B

split-complementary

#DDE05B #5B9BE0 #A05BE0

monochromatic

#9FA21F #D2D528 #DDE05B #E8EA8E #F2F3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDE05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#DDE05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE05B

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE05B	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 224, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.154 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae98f',
    500: '#dde05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde05b;
$custom-light: #eae98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87939,
    "c": 0.154,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE05B

secondary

#3D3AA5

accent

#15D01A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE05B

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

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