#DDE12E#DDE12E

#DDE12E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.182 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE12E
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 79.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.71, -20.49, 78.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.71, 81.31, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.0653 0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.182 111)
XYZ	xyz(57.2393, 69.4214, 12.9687)
Luminance	0.6942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE12E #322EE1

analogous

#E18C2E #DDE12E #83E12E

triadic

#DDE12E #2EDDE1 #E12EDD

tetradic

#DDE12E #2EE18C #322EE1 #E12E83

square

#DDE12E #2EE18C #322EE1 #E12E83

split-complementary

#DDE12E #2E83E1 #8C2EE1

monochromatic

#7F8213 #B4B71A #DDE12E #E6E964 #EEF099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDE12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#DDE12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE12E

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE12E	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.182 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecea78',
    500: '#dde12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde12e;
$custom-light: #ecea78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.341,
    "s": 74.895,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87844,
    "c": 0.18242,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.6942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE12E

secondary

#2D2B89

accent

#36F23A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE12E

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

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